If we’re looking for an inspiring model for the challenges and struggles of modern life, it’s Dorothy Day, writes Anna Krohn …

One of the most deeply disturbing accounts of the history of the practice of legalised abortion in the modern era has still not been surpassed 14 years after it was published.

With great sadness, the Schoenstatt Sisters have shared news of the loss of Sr M Patrocla Stuecker who died on Monday, January 14 at 89 years of age.

Where did the 40 day fast come from? If not for a grammatical error, we might have been fasting for only 40 hours, but that would be missing the point, Mark Reidy discovers.

Alicen sent Shareen a Valentine but for a long time she did not see it. When she did, she ignored it, but the will of God has its own way of working out, reports Joanne Shepherd …

Our society and workforce are ageing, but as a community we have not adequately prepared for it, writes Sheila Cummins.

The work of Caritas Australia across the globe can only happen because of those who generously donate to Project Compassion, writes Jack de Groot.

Another day, another study. Young people, researchers from the US Evangelical Barna Group say, are walking away from church; that’s if they were ever really there to begin with. So what else is new? While brand-Catholic private schools might be full of beaming young faces, the pews of churches - where the source and summit of Catholic life happens - are nearly bereft of people under 60. ...

Addressing attendees at the US Catholic Campus Ministry Association’s national convention on January 10, 2013, Philadelphian Archbishop Charles Chaput OFM highlighted the need to evangelise youth who often lack moral vocabulary and literacy.

By Peggy Weber They come from California, Delaware, Pennsylvania and India. One is a nurse; another was an assistant manager at a Walgreen's. They have different life experiences and span several decades in age. However, the four newest members of the Visitation Monastery in Tyringham have one thing in common: They all feel drawn to the life of a cloistered nun. Their calling --...