Perspectives

Giving his four children a firm foundation in the faith is one of Jochen Diedler’s main priorities in life.[Read more...]

Even when things don’t work out the way we want them to, it is still possible to see God’s guidance in action...[Read more...]

I recently visited a church at the end of Lent where all the statues and the crucifix were covered by purple veils. Why is the cross hidden from view at the very time when we shoul[Read more...]

Sr Teresa My Nguyen, a Dominican Superior at Mai Am Hoa Hong Orphanage in Vietnam shares her vocation story.[Read more...]

Mark Reidy contemplates as his son turns 12, the same age Jake was when Mark met him on the street eight years ago.[Read more...]

Is a person guilty of sin who has unchaste nightmares or dreams and wakes up realising what just went through their mind in a dream?[Read more...]

Today’s men must look to Christ and not TV’s four-fingered father, Homer Simpson, for the true example of masculinity.[Read more...]

When I was growing up I was taught to bow my head whenever I said or heard the name “Jesus”. I have noticed that some priests still bow their heads in Mass but no one else seems to[Read more...]

Aimee Jones found Catholicism in searching for something to guide her family in an increasingly materialistic world.[Read more...]

Children need to be given a balance between being shielded from the world’s harsh realities and being exposed to them... [Read more...]

A friend recently lent me a book by a Spanish nun named Sr Josefa Menendez, which I am finding very inspirational. I would like to know whether she and her writings have been appro[Read more...]

Sister Anna always wanted to be a nun and neither obstruction, nor injury, have been able to halt her pursuit of God.[Read more...]

An impersonal faith is a borderline worthless faith, when ours is a God who calls us to the most intimate of communions.[Read more...]

I have several questions regarding impure thoughts. Can they be mortal sins? How should I confess them? Do I need to go into detail?[Read more...]

Becoming Catholic has helped mother of five Emma Howe appreciate the faith, the Sacraments, and the priesthood more.[Read more...]

Recently, our family saw a frightening film involving an exorcism and my 10-year-old son has been disturbed ever since. He wants to know what sorts of things the devil can do and w[Read more...]

Catholics reeling from a steady stream of revelations have reason to be downcast, and hopeful, writes Mark Reidy.[Read more...]

Why did some of the angels fall and become devils when they were created in heaven and were so close to God? Also, why didn’t they have the opportunity to repent and be saved as we[Read more...]

Placing our own interests before God’s will never work, no matter how hard we try.[Read more...]

Christianity calls for its followers to help all their brothers and sisters, regardless of wealth, health or social standing.[Read more...]