12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (527+ words) Pope Leo XIV dedicated his Wednesday General Audience to the dignity of the human person, urging Christians to defend it in every circumstance with “the light and strength of the Gospel.” Continuing his reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (268+ words) Operational proposals to be submitted to the Pope A press release issued by the General Secretariat of the Synod said, Pope Leo XIV has directed that the Final Reports be made public in order to share with the entire People…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (286+ words) One of the Church’s foremost experts on Catholic Social Thought and its importance in the age of artificial intelligence will be in Australia to deliver a series of public lectures in October, one of which will be in Parramatta. These…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (330+ words) A response to Jean D’Cunha, “Making Synodality work: The laity’s role in daily practice“ Dr D’Cunha is right that clericalism is a wound, that it has cost the Church credibility it may not recover in my lifetime, and that several…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (278+ words) Vatican body develops concept of ‘ecological sin’ in spiritual salvo on the environment Catholic Outlook Vatican body develops concept of ‘ecological sin’ in spiritual salvo on the environment In a sprawling document articulating the duty of Christians to care for…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (580+ words) The safety, wellbeing and dignity of children and vulnerable adults will again be in the spotlight during this year’s National Child Protection Week (6-12 September) and Safeguarding Sunday (13 September). In the Diocese of Parramatta, safeguarding underpins all that we do, so…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (344+ words) Pope Leo XIV met on Wednesday with several Lutheran Bishops from Norway as they make a pilgrimage to Rome. In his address, the Pope invited the Bishops to visit the various holy sites associated with the early Christians and martyrs,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (318+ words) Our human desire for God, with the Augustine scholar James K.A. Smith catholicoutlook.org Our human desire for God, with the Augustine scholar James K.A. Smith The complete line, from Augustine’s Confessions, reads: “You have made us for yourself and our hearts…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (174+ words) “Against the false realism that rearms minds, words, and nations, Catholic culture today must set the realism of mercy, in which there can be no enemies, and all people, even adversaries, are brothers and sisters to be looked in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (986+ words) “In place of the weapons of war, the God of peace grants us the strength to heal, to reconcile and to build a civilization of love.” Pope Leo said this in his Message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for…...