Nun saves burning man An Italian nun has saved an elderly man by using her habit to douse the flames after the man poured petrol over himself and struck a match. [More]
City bin stickers to aid priest's homeless foundation In a bid to highlight homelessness, the Melbourne-based Father Bob Maguire Foundation has launched an advertising campaign on CBD rubbish bins featuring a knife, fork and folded napkins arranged over the top of the bins. [More]
German Catholic Church used Nazi forced labour
German Cardinal Karl Lehmann says the Catholic Church must face up to its past after a newly published history revealed the Church in Germany used 1,000 prisoners of war and nearly 5,000 civilians as slave labourers in hospitals and monasteries during World War II.
Loreto sisters to sell provincial house After 120 years of work and presence in the South Melbourne area, Loreto sisters are selling up their provincial convent in order to finance new projects in Australia and abroad. [More]
Feature - Living the faith in the face of fundamentalism
We must let India know that the world is watching and that we disapprove of what is happening. Our brothers and sisters in Christ are vulnerable and in danger. As a minority, they have no voice. State politicians in the Kandhamal district are looking the other way while innocent people are being intimidated and brutalised. - Dr Mark Adamski, Aurora
Opinion - Time to pay for church music I have heard it said that no one should have to pay to use liturgical music because composers and publishers should be happy to do God’s work for free. We would never expect a tiler to repair the church roof without payment.Music writers are no less entitled to be paid for their time and efforts. - Elizabeth Harrington, Liturgy Lines[More]
An Italian nun has saved an elderly man by using her habit to douse the flames after the man poured petrol over himself and struck a match. 
In a bid to highlight homelessness, the Melbourne-based Father Bob Maguire Foundation has launched an advertising campaign on CBD rubbish bins featuring a knife, fork and folded napkins arranged over the top of the bins. 
German Cardinal Karl Lehmann says the Catholic Church must face up to its past after a newly published history revealed the Church in Germany used 1,000 prisoners of war and nearly 5,000 civilians as slave labourers in hospitals and monasteries during World War II. 
After 120 years of work and presence in the South Melbourne area, Loreto sisters are selling up their provincial convent in order to finance new projects in Australia and abroad. 
We must let India know that the world is watching and that we disapprove of what is happening. Our brothers and sisters in Christ are vulnerable and in danger. As a minority, they have no voice. State politicians in the Kandhamal district are looking the other way while innocent people are being intimidated and brutalised. - Dr Mark Adamski, Aurora 
