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As Pope Leo XIV begins his papacy, Church leaders reflect on the transition from Pope Francis and how digital tools and AI could influence global Catholic engagement and unity.

Pope Francis famously called on Catholics to “make a mess.” He surely did, and now it’s up to us to clean it up.

I greatly value my personal memories of Pope Francis. But despite its strengths, in many ways, the Francis pontificate was inadequate to the real issues facing the Church.

For over two decades, I’ve had a front-row seat to how Big Pharma's system truly operates — not the illusion of rigorous oversight we see in medical journals or glossy pharmaceutical ads, but the reality of how industry influence is woven into every stage.

Do you ever wonder why you should pray for Australia? Have you asked yourself how your prayers can possibly make any difference, if God is sovereign and does what He pleases anyway?

The Covid pandemic will be remembered not only as a public health crisis but as a profound moral failure. The response to Covid was less a triumph of science than a capitulation to authoritarian impulses.

We now face a new reality as the European Union leadership scrambles to justify continuing a war. Not only continuing, but they had been staunchly refusing to even countenance discussion on ending the slaughter.

At a time where religious intolerance appears to be on the rise here in New South Wales, a shining example of religious harmony and collaboration can be seen in Special Religious Education (SRE) in public schools.

Too many Christian leaders in Australia and beyond align themselves with the cultural elite on sexuality, marriage and religious liberty in an attempt to remain "relevant". If Christianity is to regain its former glory, Christians must once again boldly affirm its core principles.

Certainly, IVF has brought the hope of bearing a child to fruition for a small percentage (23%) of couples who utilise the process. At the same time, however, we must recognise that millions more lives have been lost through this process that treats children as a commodity, not a gift.

Hundreds of people flocked to the St Mary’s Cathedral forecourt to commemorate the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, organised by the Ukrainian council of New South Wales. 

Ukraine was not invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia last week to decide what peace in the country might look like. Such high-handed power politics rarely ends well for those affected, as these seven historical examples show.

The head of the Tuscan Bishops’ Conference said the passage of a new law in Italy allowing medically assisted suicide was “not an achievement, but a defeat for everyone.”

Even before the announcement on the tariffs on metal imports, there were fears of impacts on Australia, already experiencing a cost-of-living crisis, and the strength of the Australian dollar.

4 February 2025 marked the five-year anniversary of a military countermeasure deployment campaign that was launched against COVID-19, an illness which, on 4 February 2020, was poorly defined and was alleged to have killed only a few hundred people worldwide.

Trump has not only reversed misguided Biden-era policies related to life and family, but has also advanced socially conservative policies at a pace few anticipated. Given the breadth of action taken, it is worth summarising these recent developments.

Leila and Danny Abdallah have released their 4 Steps to Forgiveness, a new initiative to help sufferers identify how to forgive those who have hurt them, and what to do next.

When the government's expert panel on Australia's Covid response delivered its report, the verdict was damning. The media gleefully jumped on this finding. Noticeably missing, however, was any self-awareness of the media’s collective failure to hold maniacal governments to account.

"Conclave" has been hitting cinemas across Europe and Australia following its commercial and critical success in the United States. The fatal flaw of "Conclave" is its total unseriousness in addressing a very serious issue like a papal conclave.

Slowly, then all at once. That’s how quickly the global consensus can change. In a historic moment earlier this week, the US government has announced it will only recognise two sexes.