Following the release of their new album, titled “Marigold,” the Hillbilly Thomists performed in Washington, DC, as part of their ongoing Marigold Tour on Aug 8, the feast of St Dominic. Playing at St Francis Hall to a sold-out crowd of more than 150 people, the band of Dominican friars played various songs from all Read more
The unspent $7 million from ratepayers destined for the Christ Church Cathedral rebuild has been earmarked for other heritage projects, but the public may yet get a say. Less than a week ago, the team behind the Cathedral restoration told the Christchurch City Council to hold on to the remainder of its $10m commitment to Read more
A leading African archbishop has said that an historical tendency to regard Christianity as the “white man’s God,” and the current rise of a “prosperity Gospel” conflating Christianity with material success, both represent obstacles to real evangelisation on the continent. Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of Benin City was speaking August 9 during an evangelisation conference Read more
A former Vatican envoy to the United States who has publicly called for Pope Francis’s resignation and who was excommunicated earlier this summer has said his life is in danger and voiced belief that the sanction against him is invalid. Speaking to veteran Vatican journalist Franca Giansoldati with Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, Italian Archbishop Carlo Read more
After the secularist prime minister of Bangladesh fled the country, non-Muslims claim they have suffered attacks in the Islamic-majority country. Around 90 percent of the South Asian nation is Muslim, with 7.95 percent being Hindu, 0.6 percent Buddhist, and just 0.3 percent being Christian – just about 500,000 people in a nation of 170 million. Read more
St Marcellin School honoured teacher aide of 25 years, Selina Wilks, with a special liturgy service with students singing and presenting gifts of appreciation, on Thursday, August 8. Principal Belinda Backwell spoke about Selina’s achievements. “The inspiration from people like Whaea Selina is indeed what makes us what we are today,” she said. “The dedication, Read more
The escalated domestic terror threat and the false claims driving race riots in Britain show why social media companies must be reined in to protect the young from radicalisation and misinformation, the South Australian Premier has declared amid the growing push to impose greater control on digital publishers. Peter Malinauskas has joined forces with NSW Read more
Damian Patrick Young was known as a talented, passionate teacher with compassion for his students, who he went above and beyond for. At the same time, he dedicated his life outside school to continuing to help young people, working with foster care organisations and as a regional manager for the Camp Quality charity – aimed Read more
God will not judge people by how many university degrees they earned, but by how well they cared for the poor, Pope Francis told a group of priests and religious women. “The Lord won’t ask us, ‘What did you study?’ ‘How many degrees do you have?’ ‘How many works did you accomplish?’ No, no. The Read more
The baths at the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France have fully reopened for the first time in four years for France’s national pilgrimage for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary this week. According to the news station Europe 1, more than 30,000 pilgrims are expected in Lourdes for the Aug Read more