Bunbury’s St Patrick’s Cathedral was filled with almost 1,000 mourners on Friday, October 25 for a rare ecumenical service to honour the life of an extraordinary man, Bunbury’s former mayor, Dr Ernie Manea.

Fr Pavol Herda and Fr Emmanuel Tv Dimobi look after seven parishes in country WA, all complete with idyllic scenery, lively gossip, and the ever-present challenge of small congregations. Juanita Shepherd found out firsthand what a day in the life of a country priest is like.

Recently, in a discussion with some friends, one of them said the idea of the natural law was an invention of mediaeval Catholic theologians. Is this true?

When people argue in difficult ethical debates, it’s almost never a case of simply saying “I reckon this” writes WA philosopher, Geetanjali Arora. They’re usually arguing an established position, even when they are not aware of it.

“Seven children, that’s a brave number,” the doctor said. How did living an ordinary Catholic life get to be so heroic?

From rolling down US streets blaring Santana to life in Perth, God has been so good, Friar Gabriel tells Debbie Warrier.

At a conference in Rome last year, the BBC’s veteran Vatican correspondent David Willey asked a question which has surely crossed the minds of many secular as well as religious journalists, the world over.

Even when the so-called experts tell you to “take it easy”, don’t waste time worrying, just leave it all in God’s hands.

Megan Walter was raised in the Pentecostal Church but became Catholic earlier this year, largley due to the inspiration of a special Catholic friend.

Born in Kerala, the southernmost tip of India, she grew up in the Middle East, before settling down in Perth. Ann Rodrigues, a nurse at Royal Perth Hospital, tells The Record about growing up Catholic in a predominantly Sunni country, why The Shawshank Redemption is her favourite movie and what her faith really means to her.