Perspectives
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15-Jun-2012
In the wake of this week's meeting with representatives of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Vatican official responsible for a recent crackdown said he still believes the relationship can work, but also warned of a possible "dialogue of the deaf," reflected in what he sees as a lack of movement on the Vatican's concerns, writes John Allen in NCR Online.
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15-Jun-2012
Mark 4:26-34
Jesus said to the crowds: ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. 29But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.’
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15-Jun-2012
I am often asked why I am not angry and bitter about what has happened in my life. This is the way I look at it, writes Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton in Aurora.
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15-Jun-2012
Salt + Light presents a daily video update from the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin and also has archives of videos during the past week.
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15-Jun-2012
Israeli archaeologists have recovered a seal containing the oldest mention of Bethlehem ever found. It dates back to 2,700 years old. “The Bible mentions Bethlehem. Now, this is proof that the city existed at the time,” declared Eli Shukron, archaeologist of Israel Antiquities Authority, reports Vatican Insider.
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15-Jun-2012
A Catholic presbytery in Adelaide to be sold, a beloved principal in Melbourne is farewelled, and honours are awarded to educators David Hutton and Professor Tracy Rowland (pictured).
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15-Jun-2012
The Cardinal of Havana, Jaime Ortega (pictured), fights back at his critics, London Catholics are urged to open their homes for the Olympics, and there are fears that foetal screening could lead to eugenics.
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15-Jun-2012
When asked about the secret to a long life, Fr Wally Fingleton was to the point: ‘Keep breathing’ was his advice. It was typical of the humour of this Marist Father, who was proud to tell that story that once, when he was a journalist like his Test cricketer/writer brother, Jack, he was sacked by the formidable Consolidated Press boss, Frank Packer. But it was his innings as a missionary priest which saw Wally Fingleton best at the crease. The Sydney Morning Herald’s current cricketing writer, Greg Growden, paid tribute.
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15-Jun-2012
It’s an old question, but one forever new: what does it mean to be Jewish? A religion? Judaism is, but few Jews practise it. An ethnic group? Unlikely, since ethnicity is a cultural concept and Jews have no common culture and no common language. Ian Thomson of The Independent reviews a new book which looks at the identity/identities of European Jewry before World War II.
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15-Jun-2012
“Did somebody famous die?” a passerby asked as police stopped traffic in central Sydney, near St Mary's Cathedral, to allow the funeral procession to proceed, reports The Catholic Weekly. Sydney urological surgeon and philanthropist Dr Glen Coorey wasn’t famous or a celebrity. He was much more important than that.
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