Professor Tracey Rowland, Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Melbourne, is heading west at the invitation of the Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture for its sixth speakers forum on October 1.

The Manager of “God’s Farm” in Wilyabrup is excited by the prospect of promoting the private revelations of Italian mystic Mother Eugenia Ravasio at a Retreat Day on August 4.

Learning the basics of fitness testing and how to successfully undertake an intravenous saline flush were just some of the activities that were part of the A Day in the Life (ADITL): Indigenous Program at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle campus in June.

More than 1,500 Catholics and their bishops from across the state gathered in Austin April 9 to advocate on issues such as payday lending, health and human services, school choice tax credit scholarships, justice for immigrants, health care and protecting human life.

Rollen, 24, lives in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Village life is often demanding and, for many years, she desperately wanted to study. At age 17 she was finally able to, and since then, she believes anything is possible.

By Carol Glatz Cardinal-electors are caught in a Catch-22. They are eager to give the world a new pope; however, they need time to pick the right leader, said South Africa's cardinal. "There might be a need for a long delay" as the cardinals try to gauge how much they do or don't know enough about each other, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier told Catholic News Service March 1, the first day of...

Trinity College’s Director of Music, Dr Robert Braham (left), with Alasdair McLaren.

By Cindy Wooden Pope Benedict XVI encouraged lay Catholics in Africa to defend Christian and traditional African values, share their faith in Jesus and transform African society. “The most valid traditional values of African culture are threatened today by secularisation,” unleashing confusion and tension, which are seen in new waves of “tribalism, violence, corruption in public life,...

By Dr Angela McCarthy John Paul’s Palm Sunday is a very rich symbolic view that stems from the theme of the Mandorla Art Award taken from St Paul’s letter to the Galatians 4:4. : “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law”. Born of a woman, Jesus learned to love through the love of his family, and particularly the love of his mother ...

Stability in the workforce leads to the dignity of workers The recent increase in casual and contract work has become an obstacle to the dignity of many workers and their families, according to the Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Bishop Christopher Saunders. Issuing the annual pastoral letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker (May 1), Bishop Saunders expres...