Perspectives
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27-Apr-2012
To be called by God to the priesthood, to serve the community in God's scheme, is a high calling generally accepted by humanity. Higher perhaps than politics, higher than poetry, for the calling howls for absolute faith and trust, in God and in the people the priest serves, writes B. F. Moloney in Eureka Street.
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27-Apr-2012
John 10:11-18
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away -and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep.
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27-Apr-2012
Sometimes the simple act of naming something can be immensely helpful. Before we can put a name on something we stand more helpless before its effects, not really knowing what's happening to us, writes Ron Rolheiser.
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27-Apr-2012
A group of Israeli youth with Muslims, Jews and Christians spend two weeks with a multi-faith group of young Canadians. By sharing their beliefs, stories and struggles through play and prayer, they come to a deeper appreciation of the beauty and meaning of each others’ faiths and cultures. This inspiring short documentary shows us how simple it is for people who are different to live in peace.
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27-Apr-2012
Can you say anything about the Catholic faith without other Catholics taking offence? No matter how benign, no comment on the web about Catholicism goes unchallenged. Moreover, the idea of trying to understand a person by reading carefully what they're actually saying, or giving them the benefit of the doubt, is fading quickly from Catholic discourse, writes Rev James Martin, SJ in The Huffington Post.
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27-Apr-2012
Sydney Archdiocese has joined a campaign to end Boxing Day trading while ACU Professor of Public Policy says that Peter Slipper should step down as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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27-Apr-2012
The new Catholic bishop of Hunan was ordained this week with approval from both the Vatican and the Chinese government. Meanwhile an Indonesian Muslim cleric has praised pluralism while US bishops are calling for an end to the use of landmines.
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27-Apr-2012
A life that was both long in years and sacrifice prompts Matt Williams in The Irish Times to contemplate the heroism of the choices made by his uncle Brian.
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27-Apr-2012
This missive from the deathbed of Philip Gould, the renowned New Labour strategist who was confirmed into the Church of England in his final months, is brave, frank and moving. Have faith and get on with it, Gould says... but why does this farewell to life leave Guardian reviewer Justin Cartwright feeling so uneasy?
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27-Apr-2012
Jenny Brinkworth talks to a young woman who has not only been baptised into our Catholic community recently but has also taken the significant step of undertaking a degree in theology and an inquiry year for lay leadership, reports Southern Cross.
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