It wasn’t what Galileo said that irked the Church, but  how he said it, say experts. Galileo Galilei. By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) - When Galileo Galilei first turned his simple telescope toward Jupiter, the moon and then the sun nearly 400 years ago, it’s not difficult to imagine how amazed he was. Known as the father of modern science, Galileo...

A proper rollout of the new missal and Mass translation will avoid a gap between standard and practise says John Heard.   By John Heard   Soon, English-speaking Catholics will confront a new challenge. The English translations of the Third Edition of the Missale Romanum (2000), completed in stages during the last decade, are slated for release sometime after the...

The Record's Anthony Barich speaks with visiting liturgy expert Fr Paul Turner.                        Fr Paul Turner.   By Anthony Barich   The fruits of the Second Vatican Council will be seen in the new Missal translations, Fr Paul ...

Positions that the Catholic faith holds on key issues have been developed for over 2000 years on a philosophical basis of reason, yet it’s hard to get a decent hearing for the Catholic view in Australia’s pluralist society. The University of Notre Dame Australia is bringing in the big academic guns to do something about it. Anthony Barich reports.   &nbs...

As Migrant Sunday approaches, The Record speaks to one of Perth's most vibrant Catholic communities.   The Indonesian Catholic Youth Organisation choir perform by invitation at the Indonesian Conuslate on August 18. Photo: Courteousy of the Western Australian Indonesian Catholic Community.   By Robert Hiini The first week in Australia was a difficu...

Fr Anthony Paganoni, Scalabrinian, continues a series for The Record this week reflecting on what future the Church has in Europe and why this is important for us. By Fr Anthony Paganoni   While it would be easy to snap up further statistics and authoritative press releases about the deterioration of Catholicism and of other Christian denominations in Europe, the s...

Why I became Catholic: Francis Chong speaks with The Record's Debbie Warrier.   I was born in 1947 in Singapore. My family was wealthy and life seemed set to be carefree. However, by the age of six I had developed a bad limp. My parents engaged a Chinese physician who twisted the whole of my left leg to correct my impediment. It took three of my uncles and my dad to hold me dow...

Q&A with Fr John Flader. This week: what's a cardinal?   New cardinals sit at a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican for new cardinals, their family members and friends. Photo: CNS /Paul Haring.   Question: Can you tell me exactly what Cardinals are and in what way they are different from other bishops? Also, for how long has the Ch...

Individualism appears to be an unavoidable fact of life because each of us seems to be an individual, but when it is treated as an absolute it introduces a variety of poisons into personal and social life. The problem was well illustrated in an article by Zoltan Kovacs in the weekend edition of our morning newspaper entitled “To be or not to be is an individual choice”. The headlin...

New priest ordained in Australia for Indian diocese.   Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, Mark Coleridge.   By Anthony Barich ARCHBISHOP Mark Coleridge of Canberra-Goulburn ordained a priest for the India diocese of Ootacamund with a view to future incorporation into the Australian Archdiocese. Loorthusamy Irudeyasamy, who joined the seminary in In...