EDITOR’S NOTE: An article by well-known Australian journalist Geraldine Willesee appeared in several Australian newspapers over the weekend of 23-24 February 2013 reporting her experience of sexual abuse by the late Fr Brian Harris when she was a 14-year-old student in Perth in the early 1960s. At the time the below article on Fr Harris was published, The Record was unaware of any allegation...

Pope says priests must witness God’s compassion. By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Formally opening the Year for Priests, Pope Benedict urged all priests to strive for holiness and said the ordained ministry was indispensable for the church and the world. “The church needs priests who are holy, ministers who help the faithful experience the merciful love of t...

The Ballad of The White Horse has just been re-issued by Ignatius Press. It was GK Chesterton’s epic poem, both in length and in ideas. He spent more time over its composition than any of his other verse, much of which, in comparison, was quickly composed.

Hal Colebatch reviews The Ballad of the White Horse, a Chesterton classic that has just been reissued by Ignatius Press.   G K Chesterton   Reviewed by Hal G. P. Colebatch We would do well to remember this inspiring poem set a thousand years ago. While some scholars have begun meeting at Oxford to discuss the Cause of his eventual Sainthood, G.K. ...

Women's religious orders vow to extend anti-human trafficking programs, say priests are key in helping. An internally displaced girl, who fled a military offensive in Pakistan’s Swat Valley region, carries her ration of bread atop her head at a UN camp. Such people are key targets of human traffickers. Photo: /Akhtar Soomro, Reuter.s By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CN...

Canada’s bishops unwittingly funding groups promoting abortion in Peru, nation’s bishops’ head says. Archbishop V. James Weisgerber of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Photo: CNS. By Ramon Gonzalez LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- The president of the Episcopal Commission on Family, Childhood and Life of the Peruvian bishops’ conference said Canada’s bishops are fund...

World liturgy expert to instruct Catholics in Perth   Fr Keith Pecklers SJ   A conference held in anticipation of the new missal's introduction, expected before the end of 2010, will take place in August featuring Fr Keith Pecklers SJ, Professor of Liturgy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. "New Translations and Implementation/Catechesis...

Holy Cross College open for business in 2010.                                                    Stage one of building for Holy Cr...

Perth’s Burmese Catholics raise whopping $25,000 for Cathedral.                           Archbishop Hickey blesses a child during the Mass on June 7. He also congratulated Burmese Catholics for their witness asnd example of spirituality. ...

Event aims to help build the vision for effective centres of rehabilitation for drug users By Robert Hiini Fr Paul Baczynski says that things are on track for the Cross Roads drug rehabilitation community after nearly 10 years of hard slog, as a gospel concert to support the centre draws nearer. The Cross Roads Community Gospel Concert will take place on June 28 at the Bas...