3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1025+ words) In our own time, not only in Australia but across the West, we see growing division, distrust, and distress among peoples. Outbreaks of violence in London and Belfast following the death of Henry Nowak in 2025 are only two visible signs…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (954+ words) As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US Catholic bishops are offering Masses, prayers and reflections – while also stressing the need to seek peace amid a fractured global landscape. “Twenty-five years have elapsed since that day and…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (197+ words) A German archbishop touring the US–Mexico border said the massive fortifications dividing El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, remind him of the Berlin Wall. Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg, who chairs the German bishops’ migration commission, described the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (473+ words) Applications for the Archdiocese’s next Called and Gifted intake close this week. Every baptised Catholic has been given a gift by the Holy Spirit and it was never meant for them alone. That conviction has shaped nearly three decades of…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (763+ words) The Northern Territory parliament recently passed legislation to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD), making it the last jurisdiction in the country to do so. But supporters say there are still too many barriers to accessing VAD. Currently, Federal law prohibits…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (148+ words) Caritas Nepal’s leader is urging global action on climate justice after catastrophic flooding in Nepal claimed more than 1,100 lives and left thousands missing. Speaking to OSV News 3 September, Sister Cecilia Durga Shrestha, executive director of Caritas Nepal, said many survivors…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1192+ words) I am building a treehouse for my kid. The other day, as an angled piece of lumber I had cut slipped tidily into place, I thought to myself, “Dang, I’m really getting the hang of this! I’m some kind of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1305+ words) On 11 September, 2001 – the date of the worst terrorist attack in American history, when four hijacked jets became deadly weapons – there was no shortage of heroic first responders who confronted danger instead of avoiding it. Many Catholic clergy and religious ministered…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (361+ words) A full to-do list? No time to write a homily? HomilyWriterAI has everything a busy priest or deacon needs: Scripture, Church Fathers, Catholic commentaries, and magisterial sources. This website says that it was created for priests “who need more time…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (541+ words) It’s a phrase I’ve heard countless times, but I found myself saying it again at a family wedding last weekend. I mentioned the common Arabic saying to a family member, and what started as a familiar expression turned into a…...