John Henry Cardinal Newman, beatified by Pope Benedict XVI last September during his four-day visit to the United Kingdom, is famously associated with an idea of what a university is and what it should attempt to be - both for those who seek education within its confines and for the society in which it exists.  Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the great intellectual minds of ...

Mental illness which makes a person incapable of being responsible for his or her actions has often been treated as a legal safeguard. Record journalist Mark Reidy, who has more than a decade of experience dealing with those living on the margins of Perth’s streets, reflects on key flaws in WA’s mandatory sentencing laws which now see mentally ill people automatically go to jail. ...

While it’s true some clergy have expressed reservations about the new prayers of the Mass, they have also signalled they will support it. There’s a lot of goodwill to make this project work, Auxiliary Bishop Sproxton has told The Record Perth Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton discussing the coming changes to the prayers of the Mass in his office last week. Priests, he told The...

  Vicar General Monsignor Brian O’Loughlin is pictured in his Cathedral House office. He has been appointed parish priest of South Perth after the retirement of Fr Michael Casey who has served as parish priest for 31 years. Behind Mgr O’Loughlin is the framed certificate from Pope Benedict XVI appointing him a Monsignor. Photo: Peter Rosengren By Peter Roseng...

By David Chua MINUTES before midnight, on Saturday, 19 February, 12 pilgrims joined me for Perth’s first Pilgrimage of Reparation, a 22km all-night pilgrimage from St Bernadette’s Church, Glendalough, to St Anne’s Church, Belmont. On the road: The dozen or so pilgrims, led by Daniel Mathys holding the crucifix, descend Jacob’s ladder at King’s Park on their...

Yet another former altar boy was fired up for the priesthood by his service at the altar By Bridget Spinks   Former altar boy: Deacon Emmanuel Valentine Tobechuku Dimobi, from Nigeria. Deacon Emmanuel will be among five deacons to be ordained to the priesthood for Perth Archdiocese on 4 March at St Mary’s Cathedral. Deacon Emmanuel Valentine Tobechuku Dimobi, f...

Deacon-elect Thomas Zureich is to be ordained to the Diaconate at Our Lady of the Mission Parish, Whitfords on 24 February at 7pm.  Soon to be Deacon Thomas Zureich has come to Western Australia from West Germany via Rome. A native of West Germany, he grew up in Jestetten as the eldest of nine children. At age 27 he entered the seminary in Freiburg, Germany in 2000. Tr...

Former Planned Parenthood director, now pro-life, to become Catholic By Valerie Schmalz SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) - A woman who walked away from her job as a Planned Parenthood clinic director after helping with an ultrasound-guided abortion is preparing to enter the Catholic Church. Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director, speaks during the Walk for Life West Coast in Sa...

On 80th birthday, Vatican Radio rides wave of digital technology Pope John XXIII, who led the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963, is seen visiting Vatican Radio in this undated photo. A special exhibit opened on 10 February at the Vatican Museums celebrating the 80th anniversary of Vatican Radio. Photo: CNS/Vatican Radio By John Thavis (Catholic News Service) VATICAN CIT...

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican released a three-day schedule of events for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, and warned against people selling counterfeit tickets to the beatification liturgy, which is free and open to all. Pope Benedict XVI will preside over the beatification Mass at 10 am on 1 May in St Peter’s Square, the Vatican said. Immediately after Mas...