Seamlessly for life
In some circles the “seamless garment” approach to life issues is perceived to be inadequate, almost a “relativising” of Catholic...
Hope&Joy
How to serve life
Every life is sacred and while it is good to ensure we do not harm another, we must not forget...
Embracing tradition
Because we share a religion, doesn’t mean that the way in which our faith is celebrated need be the same....
Family is the foundation of life
A husband and wife, beaming grandparents and two-point-four children — it might be the stereotypical television family, but it’s not...
Greening the Church
In many of his writings and speeches Pope Benedict, like many other Church leaders, sees care for the environment as...
The need for a green Church
Whether you’re fearful of it, unsure of it or even bored with it addressing climate change means that we have...
When Latin went out of the Mass, Vatican II restored old practices to the liturgy
Everybody knows that after Vatican II the Mass was translated into the local languages (the vernacular) of Catholics. Some may...
The liturgy: collaborating with the congregation
There was a time when the liturgy was something arranged, planned and lived almost exclusively by Catholic religious. While the...
What Vatican II tells us about Aids
Recently some epidemiologists (scholars who track the origins and growth of diseases) have suggested that the first possible recorded case...
