Tag: Opinion
Melto D’ Moronoyo: Reflections on the Maronite jubilee year
As we recognise 50 years of the Maronite eparchy, it is a time to reflect on its purpose, achievements, shortcomings and future direction.
Simcha Fisher: When complaints about World Youth Day veer into irreverence
According to tradition, World Youth Day is being largely ignored by the secular press and is being marked with nonstop complaining by Catholic social...
Fr John Flader: What is synodality?
What is synodality? The word “synod”, or synodos in Greek, is an ancient word in the tradition of the church.
George Weigel: From Westerplatte to Lisbon…and everywhere else
"Get up, dust yourself off, seek reconciliation and penance. But never, ever lower the bar of expectation. Christ is with you, and he will never forsake you. Don’t forsake him.”
Dr Philippa Martyr: Massgoing Catholic women are not a radical voting...
In the recent Plenary Council, one group of female voices dominated. But my recent survey data shows the bigger picture about Catholic women
Fr John Flader: Where was Emmaus?
At present the location of the Emmaus of Luke's Gospel remains a matter of conjecture, although some sites are more probable than others.
Dallas McInerney: We came for Sinead O’Connor’s voice, but stayed for...
Sinead, a cosmic force, was easily the most significant Irishwoman of our time, a genius whose output was shaped by trauma and wonder
Simcha Fisher: The church’s all-male clergy is for the love of...
Priests can be all kinds of men. I’ve often thought that this is surely one of the ways you can tell the Catholic Church is truly the one true, universal church
Monica Doumit: Big W boycott of explicit book for kids is...
Parents should inquire whether their school stocks the book, and perhaps ask for an audit of other books that might have gone under the radar
George Weigel: Keep looking for the Lord Jesus at WYD Lisbon
The 'walking together' the church needs is a pilgrimage towards the Lord Jesus Christ, as in the story of the road to Emmaus
Philippa Martyr: Catholic women want a relationship with Jesus!
When we look at the data on women who are literally in the church—those who go to Mass every Sunday—we can see that they’re there to feel closer to God and have a closer relationship with Jesus in the sacraments
Q & A with Fr Flader: Birthplace of the Our Father
You mentioned that there was a third church built by St Helena in Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives. Which church is it?
