Tag: Opinion
Fr John Flader Q&A: Let’s talk tabernacles
I will draw principally on Mario Righetti’s four-volume Storia Liturgica, volume 1, which offers a comprehensive treatment of the question.
Trying to fix a mess can make it worse. Just ask...
My carpet was eventually an easy fix, but some of the messes of the past year are not as trivial as coffee on carpet.
Coping with loss at this special time of the year
With Christmas upon us, we cast our minds back over the year that was, giving thanks for the good times and remembering the hardships.
Christmases change, but Christ remains the same
I suspect that I am like many Catholic Weekly readers in that some of my earliest and clearest memories are of Christmases past.
Feeling and healing your Christmas memories
Most of us have lovely memories of Christmas from our childhood: the excitement of gifts under the tree, beautiful liturgies
Small gifts bring my favourite people together with our favourite things
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, goes the carol. I am inclined to agree. I love Christmas, the days leading up to it.
Good retreats make rejoicing Catholics at Advent
This weekend is all about rejoicing, but it’s hard to rejoice when you’re flat as a tack. It’s the end of the year and everyone is tired.
In 2023, the passing of Pope Benedict XVI was only the...
This has been a massive year, hasn’t it? Pope Benedict XVI had entered eternal life and we lost our dear Cardinal George Pell.
Julie Macken: As a white Australian, I never lacked a Voice....
Julie Macken: My vote for Yes comes from the love I have been shown by family, my own ancestors and this beautiful old country
Dan Andrews leaves behind an anti-life, anti-faith, anti-Catholic legacy
Please God, his successor will not be so openly hostile to human life, marriage and family and to the Christian faith, Monica Doumit writes
Dr Philippa Martyr: Catholic youth are the true heirs of Vatican...
Young Catholics are excited about the future of the church in Australia, and they should be. It’s theirs for the taking.
George Weigel: Just war, just peace, and war in Ukraine
Carl von Clausewitz, the 19th century theorists masterpiece, On War, still studied today, is not typically regarded as an intellectual resource.
