Perspectives
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15-Apr-2011
The slow pace of the church’s embrace of science is not because of a hesitant pope. Benedict XVI has worked to connect the two disciplines, establishing a dialogue between them within the Vatican, writes Ilia Delio in America magazine.
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15-Apr-2011
Matthew 26:14 - 27:66
Then one of the 12, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.
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15-Apr-2011
We understand Jesus's death as the perfect sacrifice which heals the division between God and humankind: through which death will be defeated and creation made new, writes Michael McKenna, the Bishop of Bathurst.
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15-Apr-2011
Following the format of The Stations of the Cross, this prayerful resource from the St Columbans Mission Society laments the stages in the death of part of God’s Creation. It incorporates issues related to rainforest destruction: extractive industries, loss of biodiversity and climate change.
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15-Apr-2011
A leading Chinese cardinal says mistakes and misunderstandings on the part of key Vatican officials, and a desire for “compromise at any cost,” have undermined Pope Benedict's intentions for the Catholic Church in China, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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15-Apr-2011
Educational themes led the coverage around the nation this week. In Adelaide, male teachers are shifting to independent schools, in Victoria ipods are being trialled in Year 7, and in Qld an investigation into a gay school talk has been ruled out. Human rights also made news: the government's planned detention centre in Tasmania will see it revert to the convict era, says Bishop Christopher Saunders (pictured).
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15-Apr-2011
An eclectic news menu this week, led by the TV documentary that claims to have found nails used in the crucifixion of Jesus (pictured), plus reports of an auction of Papal jewellery and a spritual program for weight loss. On a sombre note, a bible was burned in Pakistan in revenge for the Koran and a disgraced Belgian bishop was ordered to leave his country.
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15-Apr-2011
Seeing Ronan Kerr sitting behind the wheel of the police car, I thought to myself: there is the symbol of the new Northern Ireland. A young man living out his childhood dream to be of service to others, to help protect, to make life safer for others, to be a peace-builder in communities and between communities, writes Fr John Skinnader in the Independent Catholic News.
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15-Apr-2011
The Year for Priests may be over, but the momentum from that 12-month celebration continues to be strong. "Once men really know what the priesthood is, they are instinctively attracted to it," says New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan in the foreword of this book.
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15-Apr-2011
Every time there is a royal wedding, the one story newspapers all love is the one in which they announce that the bride will vow to obey her husband - or not, writes Father Alexander Lucie-Smith in the Catholic Herald blog.
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