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Don't like divorce? What are you doing about it?
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (765+ words) Michael Brown's article on the'Family Law Act'stirred up'The Catholic Weekly's Facebook page.'I think we can all agree that divorce is awful for everyone, especially for Brown." As a family law specialist, he spends all day with divorces, including the…...
Fr Mike Schmitz's 5 takeaways from Bible in a Year
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (810+ words) Father Mike Schmitz is sharing five takeaways, things he's learned, from hosting the wildly popular "The Bible in a Year" podcast released five years ago. "The reason people are listening " the reason they want to listen and the reason they…...
'Crisis of relativism' threatens peace in Europe, pope says
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (245+ words) Pope Leo XIV is warning that lasting peace cannot be built without shared moral truths. In a message to a European peacebuilding conference in Luxembourg, the pope cautioned that the spread of relativism " and the reduction of truth to personal…...
What the Farm reveals about the state of the world and the church
1+ day, 25+ min ago (564+ words) Those who find their way to the Farm at Galong, the residential program for women recovering from alcohol and other drug misuse, provide a great lesson to Catholics on the godless condition of the modern world. " Their spiritual poverty is…...
March for life rallies behind life
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (338+ words) Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates gathered in Washington for the annual March for Life, united around the theme "Life is a Gift." However, the event also revealed growing political tensions within the movement, including some frustration with the Trump…...
Trends of Catholicism in Latin America
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (1266+ words) Catholicism has waned in Latin America over the past decade, with more individuals foregoing religious affiliation " although belief in God remains "high across the region," according to a new report. The findings were released 21 January by Pew Research Center, based…...
An Australian saint of forgiveness?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (959+ words) Before she died at the age of 96 in 2019 in an Adelaide nursing home, Jan Ruff-O'Herne had collected a cupboard of distinctions " the Order of Orange-Nassau, from the Netherlands, two Australian Centenary Medals, and an RSL ANZAC Peace Prize. She was…...
Faith and friendship at the ‘little Vatican’
1+ week, 2+ day ago (626+ words) For many religious sisters and clergy, community life is central to their vocation." However, as traditional convent living has declined and more religious now live independently in the wider community, sustaining a strong sense of communal connection remains important for…...
Pope Leo warns against chasing approval, calls for deeper spiritual focus
1+ week, 2+ day ago (478+ words) Approval, public consensus and visibility are often given undue importance in modern society, shaping how people think, behave and even understand themselves, Pope Leo XIV warned in his 18 January Angelus address. That focus, he warned, can lead to personal suffering,…...
'Truly historic': Kuwait's first church elevated to minor basilica
1+ week, 2+ day ago (658+ words) By Joseph Tulloch, OSV News Kuwait's Catholics witnessed a historic moment as Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, presided over Mass at Kuwait's Our Lady of Arabia Church 16 January as it was raised to a minor basilica. The cardinal…...