Media reports had the Pope saying that ‘gender theory’ blurred thedistinction between male and female and called for “an ecology of thehuman being” to protect mankind “from self-destruction”. Photo: CNS. Archbishop puzzled by response to Papal address  Hobart Archbishop Adrian Doyle has defended Pope Benedict XVI, sayingthe media have unnecessarily created an “adversarial environment”b...

How one surprised individual and the St Vincent De Paul Society made the difference in an abused family’s life. It was a warm summer evening. I was enjoying the Christmas spirit with my family and friends. Yes it had been a good day; Mass, presents, sumptuous lunch and then an evening barbecue, good company and a secure laid back atmosphere. At about 9.30pm on Christmas night...

Hundreds graduated from burgeoning Catholic universities.   UNDA Vice Chancellor, Celia Hammond addresses graduating students.   THE University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus, graduated over 816 students over December 13-14.  Four ceremonies were held over the two days with staff, family and friends and University supporters gath...

Denis and Ann Cullity with Archbishop Barry Hickey, Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton and Vicar General Fr Brian O’Loughlin at St Thomas More College Chapel. Photo: Archdiocese of Perth. Archbishop Barry Hickey has bestowed Papal Honours on three Perth Catholics, Peter Tannock and Denis and Ann Cullity, for their significant contribution to society and the Church in the name of Christ. Th...

By Robert Hiini Jesus sent them out in pairs and so did the Society of St Vincent de Paul for their annual street appeal throughout Perth.   In it together: SVDP staffers Lisa Guagliardo and Anne Smith, street appeal coordinator Lucinda Ardagh and communications coordinator Deana Tesoriero with Trinity College students Conor McKnight, Michael Mallon, Jakeb Norman and Jame...

In recent decades there has been much talk of a “vocations crisis”. But it seems that members of the Neocatechumenal Way have not heard about it.

By Paul Gray The University of Notre Dame’s Celia Hammond becomes successor to outgoing Catholic education giant Peter Tannock Celia Hammond     A LAWYER who is also a 39-year-old mother of three has been appointed to replace Peter Tannock as Vice Chancellor of University of Notre Dame. Professor Celia Hammond has worked in private legal practice in P...

By Paul Gray Retired Bishop Geoffrey Robinson. Photo: Supplied The Australian bishops have revealed there are doctrinal difficulties with teachings contained in a book by a retired NSW bishop, Geoffrey Robinson. The book, Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus, was published last year. In a statement agreed on during the May plenary meeting...

As secretary general of a confederation of 162 Catholic aid and development agencies, that is Caritas Internationalis (CI), Duncan Maclaren has seen it all. He has seen the kind of poverty that strips a person of their humanity, he has seen individual generosity grow worldwide and has seen nations pledge, only to decide tax breaks were a more efficient use of the country’s budget. Yet th...

On Friday, June 26, the Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Perth met to decide on the manner of implementing the conciliar decree on the liturgy.