BROOME will have a new Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral by 2015. Broome’s Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral.Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome has announced plans to replace the current asbestos structure with a new Cathedral to be ready by 2015. PHOTO: Courtesy Diocese of Broome Armed with a brief produced following a diocese-wide survey last year on what the faithful wan...

Sins of thought? I have two questions regarding internal sins. Are sinful thoughts, for example impure thoughts, always sinful? And can these thoughts, for example of lust, be mortal sins? This is a very important question, on which I believe there is a great deal of confusion. Many people believe they are sinning internally when in fact they are not sinning at all, while others may be sinni...

On the bus or at the office, there’s space to pray How I pray now with Debbie Warrier: Francis Leong, Director, Perth Catholic Mission Office    Francis Leong, Director, Perth Catholic Mission Office   As the Diocesan Director of Catholic Mission in Perth, visiting parishes, whether to attend daily morning Mass or during week-end parish miss...

H2O News - Follow the Pope and the Church in the world through your iPhone and/or iPod Touch. This is a video-based news application that is free for download among iPhone and iPod Touch users.  The App itself broadcasts news items from a variety of Catholic news agencies including The Vatican Television Centre, Vatican Radio, Salt & Light TV, Popular Television, KTO, E...

Mother Teresa sainthood cause awaits another miracle, postulator says   Father Brian Kolodiejchuk discusses Mother Teresa's legacy 1 June at the Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven, Conn. PHOTO: CNS Courtesy Knights of Columbus   NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity, postulator for the sainthood cause of Blesse...

AFTER 70 years of loyal and dedicated service, most people would be excused if they opted to sit back and rest on their laurels but Sr Monica Kirby, who turns 90 in July, has no intention of slowing down. Sister of St Joseph of the Apparition, Sr Monica Kirby PHOTO: Mark Reidy Sr Monica celebrated her remarkable milestone with family, friends and a very supportive congregation ...

Law and Order policy solutions must be centred on the family, says Kimberley Bishop   Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders puts his views forward at the Law and Order Forum hosted by the University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle, seated next to Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan. Photo: Anthony Barich  THE family is the foundation and most effective t...

AUSTRALIA needs to become a more redemptive society and put in place corrective policies for offenders that enable it to forgive and accept them back, the chair of South Australia’s Social Inclusion Board has told a Law and Order forum at Fremantle’s University of Notre Dame Australia. Monsignor David Cappo, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Adelaide. Monsignor...

Why I Became Catholic with Debbie Warrier I come from a Buddhist family and was into ancestral worship.  Trang Quach, above, tells The Record's Debbie Warrier why she decided to become a Catholic. So as well as praying to Buddha in the temple, we worshipped our grandparents and great grandparents by making an annual offering to them on the anniversary of their death...

Q&A with Fr John Flader Primacy of conscience? What exactly is the Church’s teaching on conscience? Is it true that in the end we can follow our own conscience even if we know it goes against the teaching of the Church?   Fr John Flader   You ask one of the most important questions in the area of fundamental moral theology and in the daily li...