For former Edith Cowan University media studies academic Laura Meyers it’s been a long road - but a worthwhile one.                             Pax: Archbishop Barry Hickey and Laura Meyers exchange the sign of peace as Fr Richard Smith of N...

It’s recorded in the Acts of the Apostles that the apostles found themselves becoming more and more overwhelmed with work in ministering to the rapidly-growing numbers of converts to the new faith of Christianity in Jerusalem shortly after Christ rose from the dead. Their solution? Ordain special assistants to help in administration and other tasks for the Church, freeing the apostles fo...

After an electric year and a lot of “hard slog,” the members of the Perth World Youth Day Office are finishing up their contracts and are moving on to other things. The office’s six staff members spent this year organising pre-World Youth Day (WYD) events and formation programs, orchestrating the stay of international pilgrims as well as equipping Perth pilgrims for the zenit...

The highly successful Embrace the Grace gathering for young people which mixes faith and sometimes loud fun is on again at New Norcia.                       Catholic is normal: One the big lessons from World Youth Day is that it is perfectly normal to be a believing and convince...

Commentator, author, lawyer and poet Hal Colebatch has received the Premier's Award for Poetry and praise from UK actress Joanna Lumley.                              One of many hats: Hal Colebatch (right) speaks at the lauch of 'The Light Rive...

Influential and widely respected journalist and Church-watcher, the Rome-based John Allen, penned this open letter to President-elect Barak Obama on his blog three days after Senator Obama’s historic win in the US Presidential election. Mr President-elect: This letter is a plea to make US-Vatican relations under your administration a priority, because of the enormous good in the world ...

Designer God? Vatican experts debate fine points of evolution. By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The intelligent design debate visited the Vatican in November, provoking some inflated newspaper headlines and a bit of theological fine-tuning by Pope Benedict XVI. After a cardinal criticised the fundamentalist approach of creationists, the Pope weighed in, saying the created world must be ...

A chance meeting? Scientists and theologians look to refine evolutionary theory.                                                     ...

Pope condemns atrocities in Congo, appeals for peace as Caritas launches global appeal.                                                   ...

Anne Rice, known to the world for a weirdly popular blend of Southern Gothic and vampire crush, has returned to the Catholic faith of her youth.                                          &...