A family, a sporting team or a society can all help to build a positive culture, but only when they have belief in the abilities of the individuals they are forming. Rugby, as Dr Andrew Kania writes, is one sport that teaches, by its culture, some of the most important characteristics of true manhood, characteristics that can help to build a thriving society, if we allow them to.

A friend who has a degree in theology recently told me that if we are baptised we are assured of heaven. I didn’t argue with him because he knows a lot more than I do. Is what he says true?

THE PRACTICE of kneeling to receive Holy Communion is making a comeback. The Record recently observed the practices of weekday Mass-goers at St Mary’s Cathedral over several months and discovered that up to 13 per cent of the congregation receive Communion kneeling. Meanwhile, at the only other church in the Perth CBD that offers daily Mass, All Saints’ Chapel, more than 80 per cent o...

Former Bunbury man Peter Castieau made his final profession as a Carmelite monk in Wyoming, USA on March 25. The 26-year-old, who has taken on the name of Br Paul Marie of the Cross, has spent the past six years at the Carmelite monastery in preparation for his final profession. Members of his family and Perth’s Latin Mass chaplain Fr Michael Rowe, who supported and encouraged Br Paul...

The bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday might appear to be a physical impossibility but, without it, life becomes devoid of any meaning at all. The account of Christ’s Resurrection was not merely figurative, but was so real that it changed the course of history. Easter is not the time for ambivalence or disbelief, but rather the opportunity to define the Christian through his belief, as Dr Andrew Kania writes…

Glenis and Andrew Wight celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with a special blessing at St Mary’s Cathedral on April 4.

Last year, Christian apologist Peter Hitchens was a strong advocate for marriage and Christianity on the ABC’s Q&A program. His assessment of the perilous situation in Crimea and his views on Vladimir Putin are something else altogether, argues Dr Andrew Kania.

I recently visited a church at the end of Lent where all the statues and the crucifix were covered by purple veils. Why is the cross hidden from view at the very time when we should be meditating more on the passion of Christ?

Even when things don’t work out the way we want them to, it is still possible to see God’s guidance in action…

Giving his four children a firm foundation in the faith is one of Jochen Diedler’s main priorities in life.