A reflection on the Pontificate of Pope Francis and leading the Catholic Church from his hospital room ardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the 76-year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires when 115 cardinals from 47 countries gathered in conclave voted to elect him pope on Wednesday afternoon, March 13, 2013. His surprise election caused a seismic […]
Fr Greg Moses, Nowra, NSW has submitted the following and prefaces his article with “I have had these thoughts since my time of studying in Leuven in the late ‘70’s. The present rendition was stimulated initially by the Israel Falou saga*, edited a bit since then. It is not concerned with whether or not there […]
The following article by Michel Chambon was published in UCA News and was used as a basis for the formation at a recent meeting of the Council of Priests in Toowoomba Diocese. The author believes that, as an institution, we need to invest in the formation of men and women who help appreciate God’s plan […]
A few weeks into the papacy of Leo XIV, contributing editor of Crux, Christopher R. Altieri penned the following reflection on what is important to the newly elected pontiff. Born Robert Francis Prevost, the Augustinian missionary priest who served as prior general of his Augustinian order in Rome and was bishop of Chiclayo in Peru, […]
The recent guilty verdict in the Erin Patterson Trial along with other high profile cases in Australia and overseas has prompted Erica Cervini to offer the following reflection on the grief that such high profile public cases impacts the lives of victims through social media speculation and the proliferation of ‘True Crime’ podcasts. The article […]
