Tom Cruise stars in a scene from the movie "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Photo: OSV News/Paramount. Tom Cruise takes his eighth turn as infinitely resourceful spy Ethan Hunt in the grand-scale...

In the second of a two-part series for The Record, Irish professor Dr Eamon Con-way from the University of Notre Dame Australia gives an insight into the up-coming pontificate of Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Grech told bishops that Pope Francis approved the three-year plan on 11 March at Rome’s Gemelli hospital where he had been being treated since the 14 February.

Young Christian Workers will next month host a Centenary Mass and reunion at Ballajura’s Mary MacKillop Church, Sunday 8 June. Photo: Supplied. Young Christian Workers will next month host a Centenary Mass and reunion at Ballajura’s Mary MacKillop Church, Sunday 8 June. Former Perth YCW and youth chaplain, Fr John Jegorow, retiring parish priest at Ballajura will preside at the Mass. ...

The University of Notre Dame Australia is proud to announce a new partnership with Saint Louis University in the USA to deliver new interprofessional learning for Nursing and Health students. Photo: Supplied. The University of Notre Dame Australia is proud to announce a new partnership with Saint Louis University in the USA to deliver new interprofessional learning for Nursing and Health st...

Since 1942, St Charles Seminary has been a place of formation for men aspiring towards the priesthood in Western Australia. Photo: Perth Vocations Office. Since 1942, St Charles Seminary has been a place of formation for men aspiring towards the priesthood in Western Australia. On Sunday 18 May 2025, it welcomed some 40 men enquiring about the priesthood at its annual Open Day, supported...

The research, led by Dr Andrea Salins of ACU’s Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between the reading-related mental health of children with reported ear and hearing difficulties (rEHD). Photo: Sourced. Children with hearing difficulties who experience early reading struggles are at risk of developing poor mental health ou...

Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby as he rides in the popemobile around St Peter's Square at the Vatican before his first weekly general audience on 21 May 2025. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media. By Rev Dr Eamon Conway Pope Leo intends, albeit in his own way and according to his own style, to press forward with the same priorities that Pope Francis held. Pope Leo has called for a renewal of everyone...

A religious sister gives Pope Leo XIV a jar of cookies at the end of his meeting with the national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Vatican's Clementine Hall on 22 May 2025. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media. Recognising themselves as members of the one body of Christ, all Catholics should sense an urgency to share the Gospel message of God's love with others and to welcome them ...

The central theme for children 0-6 years of age is the parable of the Good Shepherd. Photo: Supplied. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is an approach to the religious formation of children. Rooted on scripture, liturgy and the educational principals of Maria Montessori, at its heart it helps both children and the adults who serve them – also referred to the Catechist - to enter more d...