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.

Every year, a bevy of brave, hardened anti-theist journalists complain about Christmas. Greg Craven is sick of their whingeing. This is a great time of year for hack columnists. The opinion editor is hung over. The chief of staff is AWOL. The editor is still trapped in that leather Santa suit. Now is the time to rage over a personal grievance so self-indulgent and intemperate that eve...

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A friend recently told me that you don’t really need to go to Confession since the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass forgives sins. Is this true? This is a good question, and I suspect many people think the same way as your friend. But I also suspect that the underlying reason for the question in some people is a reluctance to go to Confession and that this, in turn, moves the...

Off the coast of Darwin on the remote Tiwi Islands, Record journalist Mark Reidy met with Vietnamese-born priest Peter Nguyen who, against all odds, joined the priesthood to fight the forces of secularism. Beating a crocodile on the head that dares disturb his day off or slicing a python with a machete pale in comparison to the sacrifices Bathurst Island priest Father Peter Nguyen has made f...