4+ day, 5+ 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…...

4+ day, 12+ 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…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (278+ words) Vatican body develops concept of ‘ecological sin’ in spiritual salvo on the environment Catholic Outlook Vatican body develops concept of ‘ecological sin’ in spiritual salvo on the environment In a sprawling document articulating the duty of Christians to care for…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (861+ words) In his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV criticizes the culture of power that undergirds the problem of war and the development of advanced weaponry. As he puts it, “In our time, a culture of power is taking hold, in…...

1+ week, 13+ 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, 12+ hour ago   (429+ words) Catholic Outlook A reflection on National Child Protection Week and Safeguarding Sunday Safeguarding Sunday (13 September) is dedicated to making the world safe for children and to identifying and responding to any abuse that occurs. It emphasises preventing, noticing, remembering, and…...

1+ week, 6+ 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, 6+ 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…...

2+ week, 5+ 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, 6+ 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…...