People have a natural sense of justice. Forty years after Roe v Wade, it’s time to correct its distortion says Bishop Edward Burns.

Their mission-ground floats on the heady waterways of the world, a powerhouse of global tourism and trade, but the pastors at Florida’s ports are more concerned for the long-serving and often lonely souls within, writes Tom Tracy.

The contrived and empty religious experience of her youth makes Mariette Ulrich yearn for a sincere and true faith.

Recently, a friend said she was ashamed by the great value of many of the artefacts and treasures in the Vatican Museum and in churches around the world. She said if the Church is the Church of the poor, it should sell these items and help the poor.

Tragedy and a sense of being unloved in early life gave way to God’s loving presence, Br Gilbert Bloomer tells Debbie Warrier.

The Record’s Mark Reidy spent time on the Tiwi Islands, 80km north of Darwin in December. There, he discovered the legacy of one courageous priest who, over 100 years ago, saved many, many girls from a cruel fate.

Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day was shaped by the turbulence of her early life, reports Chaz Muth. The irony is that, although her country’s bishops have officially supported her cause for canonisation, if she were alive she would probably be the first to protest the decision.

In my parish there are a number of lay people who take Communion to the sick, but occasionally I see them take the hosts and then chat with people after Mass before going to the home of the sick. Is this proper? How should Communion be taken to the sick?

There are signs of Christmas’ lapse into just another theme for shopping at a certain time of the year but we should not despair, writes Noel Bourke.

Largely ignored by professional theologians, CS Lewis’ exploration of faith inspires new generations.