Are Christmas Trees Pagan?
Question: If it is true that the custom of putting up a Christmas tree was originally a pagan practice, is...
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Pope Leo’s First Teaching
Last month, I talked about our care for the poor, since it was one of the November focuses of the...
What the Pope Said This Week
Jason Scott’s weekly review of Pope Leo XIV’s audiences – 30 November — Video Message to the Australian Catholic Youth...
Hayden’s Christmas Miracle at St Joseph’s Home
When seven-year-old Hayden was admitted to St Joseph’s Intermediate Paediatric Care in March this year, his prognosis was touch-and-go. Tuberculous meningitis...
Papal commission votes against ordaining women deacons
By Carol Glatz, CNS – A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the...
A Call to Repentance: 2nd Sunday of Advent
Sermon By Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Second Sunday Of Advent – Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: “A...
The Chosen’s Mother Mary: I loved washing Jesus’ hair
In the phenomenally popular series The Chosen, Vanessa Benavente plays the Virgin Mary. She told Günther Simmermacher about that role...
Bishop Edward Risi OMI, Rest in Peace
Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi OMI, Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, died on Thursday morning, December 4, at the age of 76. His...
Book Review: Benedict, Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher BENEDICT, BALTIMORE AND THE BARBARY PIRATES: The untold, true story of an African slave who became a Christian wonder-worker,...
