Good Samaritan Sister Patty Fawkner asks whether censorship in the Catholic Church underestimates the intelligence and maturity of the faithful, reports The Good Oil.

“Families are a vital part of parish life. We want to promote strong and flourishing families and relationships,” says Sister of Mercy Nicole Rotaru. “Knowing this, we can no longer ignore the critical issue of domestic violence within our local communities, and the Gospel mandate that calls us to do something about this.”

Preserving and promoting the languages of Australia’s First Peoples has been at the heart of the ministry of a New South Wales Christian Brother recently recognised with Australia’s premier award in teaching languages other than English, the ACBC’s Media Blog reports.

It’s a long way from Fr Prakash Menezes SVD’s home in India to his parish of Santa Teresa in the Central Australian desert country, but it is exactly the kind of Christ-led and people-centred life he hoped for when he signed up to be a missionary priest.

Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the sixth anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s announcement that no person seeking asylum by boat would be resettled in Australia.