Capturing the Language

Words matter.  We don’t like people telling us lies or half truths.  Businesses and agencies spend billions on advertising, presenting the advantages of their products or policies, disguising or ignoring the defects, the downside.  When politicians or public figures do… Read More

Pell Speaks Out for Human Rights

Bishop Julian Porteous, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney, today released a message from Cardinal George Pell in relation to the proposed abortion legislation before the Victorian Upper House.
His Eminence Cardinal Pell wishes to extend his solidarity with… Read More

Look Ahead to the Future Stretching Out Before You

(Homily from opening Mass for World Youth Day 2008) 
We all know that Christ Our Lord is often described as the Good Shepherd of today’s responsorial psalm. We are told that he leads us near restful waters, revives our flagging… Read More

Ascent or Descent? Wonder or Horror?

Mystery of Life Grand Prix Award AddressSeoul, South Korea
There is deep confusion today about the place and value of the human person in the world. Our concern for concern the physical ecology or the world is not always matched… Read More

Dialogue with Muslims

Gill Hicks from Adelaide, Australia had both her legs blown off in the London underground bombings of July, 2005.
Last weekend she attended a meeting of 340 non-Muslim and 40 Muslim Australians at the Old Parliament House, Canberra. Chosen from… Read More

Ash Wednesday vs. Arrival of the Queen Mary II

The arrival into Sydney of the Queen Mary II and Queen Elizabeth II on Shrove Tuesday overshadowed the start on Ash Wednesday of Lent, the forty day period Christians use for prayer and penance to prepare for the celebration of… Read More

Is There Only Secular Democracy?

Democracy is never unqualified. We are used to speaking of "liberal democracy", which as currently understood is a synonym for "secular democracy". In Europe there are parties advocating "Christian Democracy". Lately there has been interest in the possibility of "Islamic… Read More

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