To meet God we must reach Him where he is; we need to lower ourselves, to make ourselves small, like Jesus did by coming to birth in a stable, says Pope Francis. 

Who is going to heaven? Is celibacy ever a good idea? Is Scripture a world for women? Theologian and musician Verbum Dei Sister, Dr Maeve Heaney, posed these questions in her latest book ‘Suspended God: Music and a Theology of Doubt’, reports The Catholic Leader.

In the most significant change in the society’s 205-year-history, the Champagnat Marist mission is charting a new course in the Oceania Region, reports The Catholic Weekly.

Mercy Health has announced it will join with Our Lady Aged Care Centre to open and operate a new aged care home adjacent to Our Lady of Lebanon Co-Cathedral, Harris Park in western Sydney, to be known as Our Lady Mercy Place Harris Park.

The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have been farewelled from two parishes – Henley Beach in Adelaide and King’s Meadow in Launceston, but the legacy of their contribution will live on.