10+ hour, 8+ min ago  (346+ words) The parish community of Baulkham Hills gathered in a spirit of celebration and reflection'recently'for the launch of Parish Priest Fr Joseph Lam's ninth book, Saint Augustine on Listening, Humility and Unity: The Augustinian Root of Pope Leo XIV.' Approximately 70 guests attended…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (328+ words) Homily for Pentecost Sunday" Acts 2: 1-11; Psalm 104; 1 Corinthains 12: 3b-7; 12-13; John 20: 19-23 Scripture scholar Luke Timothy Johnson tells us that "the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost took place in the presence of Jews from all over the world. And through Peter's speech,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (589+ words) Catholic Outlook A reflection on Pope Leo's Prayer Intention for May: That everyone might have food Let us pray that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and to ensure that everyone has access…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (98+ words) Pope Leo XIV's first Encyclical Letter'Magnifica humanitas,'on preserving the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25, 2026. It bears the Pope's signature dated May 15th, 135th anniversary of the publication of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical'Rerum novarum....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (455+ words) Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Sacraments are the ultimate place to find God, but do not stop there. Because there are people around us in whom God must be found. When we treat them with the dignity only God…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (334+ words) Catholic Outlook Like Jesus, St. Francis was a storyteller with something to offer all of us The Christian tradition is inherently a storytelling religion. Jesus almost never expressed propositional claims about what constitutes right belief (orthodoxy) and rarely spoke in…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (432+ words) The Catholic Church marked the 60th World Day of Social Communications on Sunday, May 17. Speaking at the Regina Caeli prayer, Pope Leo XIV recalled the World Day and encouraged everyone to promote forms of communication that always respect the truth of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (854+ words) Catholic Outlook Bishop Vincent's Homily for the Feast of the Ascension 2026 Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Readings: Acts 1: 1-11; Ephesians 1: 17-23; Luke 24: 46-53 The Church as the living testament of Jesus The death of a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1190+ words) Every month, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to pray for a particular intention. This May, the prayer'intention'is simple: that everyone might have food and that food is not wasted. It sounds uncontroversial, almost too ordinary to pause…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (987+ words) On Easter Monday last year, April 21, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. On Easter Sunday, Francis had delivered the'Urbi et Orbi'(To the city and the world)the'biannual'blessing so significant for the Catholic Church'from the loggia of St'Peter's Basilica....