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1. Raphael's frescoes: as one Renaissance door closes, others open  

   01-Mar-2013

   One of the most popular attractions of the Vatican Museums, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, will be closed to the public over the next few weeks, as cardinals gather there to elect the successor of Pope Benedict XVI. But visitors will be able to find some artistic consolation by lingering in the rooms that Raphael painted in the second-floor apartment of the Pontifical palace used by Pope Julius II, their 30-year restoration now finally complete, reports The New York Times.
   

   
   

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2. Unless you repent, you will all perish   

   01-Mar-2013

   

   Luke 13:1-9

   At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.²He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?³

   
   

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3. Do not be afraid to go against the current  

   01-Mar-2013

   Belief in God requires us to adopt criteria and assume forms of conduct that may not be part of the common mindset. However, we know from our study of the New Testament, that Christians must not be afraid to go ‘against the current’ in order to live their faith. We are called upon to resist the temptation to ‘conform’, and this requires a relationship with God, writes Leslie Tomlinson, the Bishop of Sandhurst.

   
   

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4. Flying with Faith  

   01-Mar-2013

   Why does the Catholic Church have a vested interest in chaplaincy at airports? Simply put, providing pastoral care for people on the move is a special concern for the Catholic Church. It is summarised in the two greatest commandments, that being "love of God" and "love of neighbour".

   
   

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5. The next Pope - what the people want  

   01-Mar-2013

   As the Pope steps down, the Tablet asked more than 50 people of all ages and backgrounds, from all around the world, what sort of person they want for his successor. The gist of their responses is: 'We need a Pope willing to live in the world we live in'. Here are their individual answers.

   
   

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6. Reading blitz caution, prayer power, refugee children invisible  

   01-Mar-2013

   The Catholic Education Office in Sydney is cautious of the government's new reading blitz, praise for prayer power in Brisbane and the Jesuit Refugee Service laments that detained asylum seeker children are 'out of sight,out of mind'.

   
   

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7. Sede stamps, Philippines uproar, Twitter Pontifex lives on  

   01-Mar-2013

   An Indonesian cardinal is unable to attend the conclave due to failing eyesight, the Vatican to issue special stamps for the sede, Philippines bishops under fire for election posters, Zanzibar bishop says his priests are terrified and the next pope call still be Pontifex on Twitter.

   
   

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8. A simple life of faith   

   01-Mar-2013

   She began her life in Goulburn, NSW, and is now buried in Broome, close to the land where she ministered during a long religious life. Her nephew, Australian Rugby great Simon Poidevin,wrote this obituary for Sister Camille Poidevin OA for The Sydney Morning Herald.

   
   

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9. Heresy, Michelangelo, and the Vatican  

   01-Mar-2013

   During a period of two years, from June 1535 till September 1537, Carthusian monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in central London, were put to death by the English State.  The method of execution was hanging, disembowelling while still alive and then quartering. The total was 18 men, all of whom are now formally recognised by the Catholic Church as true martyrs. Author Lucy Wooding takes up the subject in her latest book, and her scholarship shines a light on a shameful period in English history.

   
   

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10. Carmel's life devoted to deep listening   

    01-Mar-2013

    Good Samaritan Sister, Carmel Posa, is rejoicing that a cochlear implant is restoring her hearing which was damaged by Meniere’s Disease – a development which is of no small significance to a woman who has devoted her life to deep listening, reports The Good Oil.

    
    

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