Garry Wills Agonistes
In his latest article, Fr Robert Barron critiques Garry Wills’ book “Why Priests? A Failed Tradition” in light of the Catholic Church’s understanding of the Eucharist and the priesthood.
In his latest article, Fr Robert Barron critiques Garry Wills’ book “Why Priests? A Failed Tradition” in light of the Catholic Church’s understanding of the Eucharist and the priesthood.
In this comprehensive review of the topic, Greg Donnelly presents the state of the debate in Australia, the constitutional problems with legislating on same-sex marriage, the legal and social causes of the current marriage situation, and the relevant policy of his own party – the ALP – since the much-publicised National Conference in late-2011.
Eduardo Verastegui had worked in music, modelling and television, and was just kicking off his dream career in Hollywood when he started to feel something was missing. After rediscovering the beauty of his Catholic faith Eduardo vowed that whatever he did, it needed to glorify God.
Fr Robert Barron explores the idea that in a culture so dominated by relativism, beauty is the most effective means of evangelisation.
40 Days for Life has now launched in cities around Australia. In Sydney, Bishop Julian Porteous was joined by close to 500 vigilers for an opening Mass followed by a procession to mark the beginning of the campaign. In this homily he reflects on the great dignity of every human being, and our call to uphold it.
Every now and then we come cross an initiative that truly inspires us; OASIS Youth is one of those. The Blacktown-based youth group is just about to launch an album, To Jesus, written and performed by the youth for the new evangelisation. Find out more.
In this excerpt from The Church as Home of Humanity, we reflect on the parable of the Prodigal Son, and our tendency to willingly turn our backs on God and place our trust in the world.
Yesterday marked the release of the 47th World Communications Day message from Pope Benedict XVI entitled “Social Networks: portals of truth and faith; new spaces for evangelization.” We’ve gleaned over the message, and from it we bring you five tips for engaging in social media from Papa Benedict himself!