Reporting the Pope Francis’ latest controversy, the BBC headline said, “Pope suggests Catholic Church could bless same-sex couples,” while Catholic media were more guarded with the Jesuit magazine America, a liberal publication, going with the more neutral “Same-sex blessings, women’s… Continue Reading
“It is an honour to join with the Jewish community in this inter-religious partnership that promotes remembrance and understanding,” Mark Coleridge, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane said at the unveiling of Australia’s newest holocaust Museum. The Queensland Holocaust Museum and Education… Continue Reading
If you follow news of the persecuted church, you are used to seeing images of crosses being removed and other acts to demolish churches in places like China. So it is jarring to see the same happening in Canberra. On… Continue Reading
By Terry Mattingley via Religion Unplugged Cardinal George Pell had no way to know, as he rose to preach during a spiritual retreat in southern Italy, that this was his last sermon — opening with the biblical cry, “Repent, because… Continue Reading
George Pell was not present for the final stage in his legal saga, which saw his conviction for child sexual about overturned in a seven to zero result at the High Court. It was late on the morning of the… Continue Reading
Now that the first Pope to resign in 600 years has been laid to rest, there is one key question. It is not “is the Pope a Catholic?” but rather “will this pope be in heaven?” It is the one… Continue Reading
Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher OP farewells a “theological Pope”. United with Pope Francis and Christians throughout the world, the Church in Sydney and Australia mourns the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, one of the greatest theologian-popes in… Continue Reading