Saturday & Sunday, May 25 & 26

This Weekend

I still have many things to say to you

John 16:12-15

Jesus said to his disciples: 'I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now. But when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking as from himself but will say only what he has learnt; and he will tell you of the things to come.

Some pieces of wood can explain our lives

Lizzie is a young lady who lives on Perth streets, probably no older than 30, but it is difficult to tell. Her eyes are often bloodshot from sniffing glue and drinking cheap alcohol; she is usually angry, sometimes aggressive, and is regularly sporting cuts and bruises. She had come with one purpose – to get one of the small crosses that she knew I gave out. Lizzie was looking at the six or seven crosses I had left, writes Mark Reidy in The Record.

Gendercide, a discussion

When it comes to abortion, there is one practice that even most pro-choice supporters find indefensible: sex-selection abortion, also known as female gendercide. It's no surprise that a higher ratio of girls are aborted in certain countries where male children are preferred. In this edition of Salt + Light, host Kris Dmytrenko examines the issue with guests Dr Moira McQueen from the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute, Peter Murphy from the Catholic Organisation for Life and Family, and Rebecca Richmond from the National Campus Life Network. 

Good grief! Dan Brown does Dante

There are some who think Dan Brown is a great thriller writer and that his understanding  of the Church – based on their reading of his blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code – almost encyclopaedic. Now, Brown is back into questions of heaven and hell again, and he is having a go at a contemporary reworking The Divine Comedy.  Boyd Tonkin filed this review for The Telegraph, London.