2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (286+ words) One of the Church’s foremost experts on Catholic Social Thought and its importance in the age of artificial intelligence will be in Australia to deliver a series of public lectures in October, one of which will be in Parramatta. These…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (330+ words) A response to Jean D’Cunha, “Making Synodality work: The laity’s role in daily practice“ Dr D’Cunha is right that clericalism is a wound, that it has cost the Church credibility it may not recover in my lifetime, and that several…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (785+ words) Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Community living is an essential and integral part of our call as Christians. Being created in the image of the Holy Trinity, we possess an inherent desire and ability to live…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (580+ words) The safety, wellbeing and dignity of children and vulnerable adults will again be in the spotlight during this year’s National Child Protection Week (6-12 September) and Safeguarding Sunday (13 September). In the Diocese of Parramatta, safeguarding underpins all that we do, so…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (501+ words) Catholic Outlook A reflection for The Season of Creation September 1 introduces the Season of Creation. It comes to its climax on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi in early October. Pope Francis introduced this celebration as part of his…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (318+ words) Our human desire for God, with the Augustine scholar James K.A. Smith catholicoutlook.org Our human desire for God, with the Augustine scholar James K.A. Smith The complete line, from Augustine’s Confessions, reads: “You have made us for yourself and our hearts…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (230+ words) Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Embracing the scandal of the cross Sisters and brothers in Christ, Scripture this Sunday speaks about the courage…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (503+ words) Homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-9; Psalm 63; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27 While contemplating today’s readings during the past week, I have been preparing a talk on Catholic lawyers in the Australian public square. In today’s first reading from the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (485+ words) Addressing pilgrims gathered in Castel Gandolfo for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo reflected on the day’s Gospel account of the foreign woman who sought Jesus’ help for her tormented daughter. He began by recalling the previous day’s Solemnity of the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) “Against the false realism that rearms minds, words, and nations, Catholic culture today must set the realism of mercy, in which there can be no enemies, and all people, even adversaries, are brothers and sisters to be looked in the…...