Prayer Articles

This World Communications Day (16 May), is the time to reflect on the fact it’s what we say, rather than the platform we say...

We need to understand grace as an event – something that describes the quality of our relationship with God.  Where is the Life we...

Pope Francis knows that all human reform, including that of the financial world, depends on a conversion of heart and mind. At first sight...

Pope Francis has dedicated this year to St Joseph. He did so after he saw how much pressure coronavirus put on many families through...

We need to turn away from the chauvinistic view of Anzac Day as a celebration of self-attributed ‘Australian values’. This year Anzac Day falls...

The feast day for St Bernadette, the patron saint of illness is 16 April. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage communities we pray...

Easter is the ideal time to pray for fundamental rights – Pope Francis’ prayer intention for April. While Good Friday was given over to...

Easter Sunday reminds Christians that there is life beyond our earthly lives. ‘Our Lord has written the promises of Resurrection, not in books alone,But...

As we move toward Holy Week, we consider Jesus’ brief confinement in Jerusalem before his trial on Good Friday, and the parallels this has...

Church leaders need courage and faith to build creative ways of reaching those on the margins. I once visited a wonderful Catholic charity in...

For Pope Francis the sacrament of Reconciliation has a central place in Catholic life. He refers to it frequently as one of the pillars...

Pope Francis, to mark the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, has dedicated most of this...