Music is more than background noise for Victoria Park parishioner, Sean Mousley. It is a pathway to inclusion and growth, and life might be pretty boring without it, he told The Record this week. Mr Mousley, 29, is preparing to perform at the 2013 Yamaha National Band Championships, held in Perth, March 29 – April 1, as part of Canning City Brass – a 30-strong ensemble in which he plays ...

The prominent atheist biologist would be amazed to hear what this UNDA philosopher thinks of him, writes Robert Hiini.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI took those who were interested more deeply into the Gospel of Life, writes Anna Krohn

Doctor Evelyn Billings, who was one half of a remarkable husband and wife partnership that became world-renowned pioneers of natural fertility regulation, passed away on February 16 aged 95.

Caritas Australia’s Nicole Clements reflects on why we should all support Project Compassion this Lent

Deacon Stephen Hill says if he has one regret about his forthcoming ordination as a Catholic priest, it is that Pope Benedict XVI will not be the pontiff when it happens. Nevertheless, the former Anglican priest says, it is an exciting time to be a Catholic. It is a state of communion he believes God has been drawing him to his whole life. On Friday, March 1, Deacon Hill will be ordai...

The prayers of lay Catholics looking for intellectual stimulation in the faith may have been answered with the announcement last week of a series of dinner lectures to be given by some of the best Catholic minds Perth has to offer. The newly-founded Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture will present Christian Man in the Modern World on Tuesday, February 26, with lectures from Perth’s...

Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott did not mince his words when preaching to members of the legal profession on January 29. The faith is substantive and develops organically, and demands an adult understanding if we are ever to integrate belief and life, and while some argue that religion should be purged from the public square, everything, Bishop Elliott said, ultimately belongs to God.

The faith is not a set of catch phrases and Catholics need more than a “childish jumble of pious bits and pieces” to live authentically Christian lives, says Melbourne Bishop Peter Elliott.

Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop has been named as Australia’s second patron after the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) received a formal decree approving her appointment.