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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Wearing your faith on your sleeve
Tattooist Stuart Randell offers more than mere designs of skulls, dragons and other typical bikie-fare. Since a conversion and through the friendly approach of a Jesuit parish priest, the Fremantle businessman is on a mission: inking up for God…
A troubled history that can obscure treasure
Indulgences seem odd to the 21st century mind. In fact, they evolved naturally out of the Church’s reflection on itself and Christ and are still important today, writes Mark Reidy…
Marriage and divorce text can perplex
In my Bible, in Chapter 19 of St Matthew’s Gospel, it says that whoever divorces his wife, except in the case of adultery, and marries another, commits adultery. Does this mean that adultery is a ground for divorce and remarriage?
Eyes to see God, peer-to-peer
It is easier to be Catholic in Dubai than it is in an increasingly materialist Australia, Christine dos Santos tells Debbie Warrier. She is doing her bit at Santa Clara, Bentley, to help young Catholics know they are not alone.
Deluded Miley a symptom of a wider, deeper problem
The singer thought she was, like, totally making history by being deliberately obscene. Sadly, she’s likely headed for its dustbin…
Wagga Bishop was ahead of his time
Bishop Bill Brennan was one of the most individual and interesting Catholic bishops of his generation, with an influence far beyond Wilcannia-Forbes and Wagga Wagga.
Nothing more… beautiful than being with Him
Nothing compares to simply being in the presence of Jesus and receiving what He wants to give, writes Geetanjali Arora…
Bright promise, big questions
If you take a quick poll of the next ten strangers you encounter and ask them about the Catholic Church and its attitude towards in vitro fertilisation (IVF) you are likely to get two responses: half will not realise the Church has a concern with IVF and the other half will state how ridiculous it is that the Church is concerned about a process that can bring children to couples who are una...
Two leaders – but who is for peace?
Last weekend millions of people all over the world – Catholic, non-Catholic, agnostic or non-religious – joined Pope Francis’s call for prayer, fasting and penance for peace in Syria.
Centenarian a strong woman of love – and faith
Elizabeth Merlyn Fredericks (nee Bell) lived an extraordinary life. She survived two world wars, lived in the jungles of Burma, eloped at 22 and had a great devotion to Our Lady.
