2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1212+ words) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has completed a review of the nation’s patchwork of state laws on surrogacy. It will be tabled in Parliament in November. This often involves legal complications because the child is not automatically an Australian…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (954+ words) As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US Catholic bishops are offering Masses, prayers and reflections – while also stressing the need to seek peace amid a fractured global landscape. “Twenty-five years have elapsed since that day and…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (231+ words) A university which President Donald Trump has described as “anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and anti-America” seems an unlikely place for a new springtime for Catholicism. But it appears that this is happening at Harvard University, the oldest and most prestigious in the…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (197+ words) A German archbishop touring the US–Mexico border said the massive fortifications dividing El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, remind him of the Berlin Wall. Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg, who chairs the German bishops’ migration commission, described the…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (763+ words) The Northern Territory parliament recently passed legislation to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD), making it the last jurisdiction in the country to do so. But supporters say there are still too many barriers to accessing VAD. Currently, Federal law prohibits…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (906+ words) By Ann M. Augherton / Arlington Catholic Herald, OSV News At 9:37am on 11 September, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington killing 184 people – 125 people inside the Pentagon and 53 passengers and six crew members aboard the plane. Twenty-five years later, the repaired…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1305+ words) On 11 September, 2001 – the date of the worst terrorist attack in American history, when four hijacked jets became deadly weapons – there was no shortage of heroic first responders who confronted danger instead of avoiding it. Many Catholic clergy and religious ministered…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (979+ words) A lot has changed on the internet since the days of dial-up, but one thing has been constant: drama. Social media groups, in particular, are notorious for drama. I’ve seen people become absolutely vicious over disagreements about sweater patterns, composting,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (576+ words) The Catholic Weekly...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (149+ words) War and environmental destruction are not just political failures, but symptoms of a deep moral crisis in the human heart, Pope Leo XIV said in his message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for Creation. Marking the 1 September observance, the…...