3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (231+ words) A university which President Donald Trump has described as “anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and anti-America” seems an unlikely place for a new springtime for Catholicism. But it appears that this is happening at Harvard University, the oldest and most prestigious in the…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (820+ words) For New Zealand broadcaster and former Wesleyan Methodist minister Frank Ritchie, that prayer helped restore a faith shaken by his daughter’s serious illness. Later, he experienced a sense of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist, which helped convince him that he…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (417+ words) An Australian foundation is helping priests and seminarians from around the world study in Rome as a way of strengthening the church’s evangelising mission. Pontifical University of the Holy Cross Foundation trustee Frank Casadesus said improved international travel had opened…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (471+ words) Pope Leo XIV’s September prayer intention is “for the care of water” as Christians celebrate the Season of Creation. “We see with pain so many brothers and sisters who lack clean water, who walk for miles to find it, who…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (459+ words) Ordained as a priest in 1987 in Melbourne, Bishop Hall spent 22 years as a Navy chaplain in naval establishments in Australia and aboard ships of the Australian fleet. He also served in the Persian Gulf in the early 2000s and twice in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (346+ words) The ordination took place at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church in Melbourne. In his homily, Bishop Tarabay reflected on the Gospel encounter between Christ and St Peter. He reminded the faithful that priesthood begins not in human perfection but…...