ON THE DAYS leading up to the15th of this month, the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua has been buzzing with preparations for the ‘Feast of St. Anthony’s Tongue’. This expression may...
TWO YEARS ago, Bishop Anthony Fischer recounted the following story in the homily he delivered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Parramatta, Australia, during the World Day of Migrants and Refugees...
DEAR READERS, what makes Advent so dear to us Christians is its blessed atmosphere of expectation and hope. In this period we feel great anticipation for the One who became a man for our sakes; at...
ON JULY 4, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) published results suggesting it had found the elusive ‘Higgs-boson’ particle which is thought to explain the physical mass...
DEAR READERS, a special year begins on the 11th of this month, a year dedicated to faith: to the perseverance of those who nourish it every day or to the struggles of those who strive to keep it...
ON JUNE 13 this year I was in Adelaide, Australia, together with those faithful who had come from near and far to celebrate the Saint’s feast in the Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace. It was a...
