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Church not an "association": Pope
 The Church is not a human association born from common interests, but an assembly gathered together by God, Pope Benedict told Rome pilgrims on Wednesday. [More]
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Ouellet summmarises 260 Synod talks
 Bible Synod relator general Cardinal Marc Oullet yesterday presented a summary of the points made by the 260 bishops, delegates and auditors who have so far spoken at the event. [More]
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ABC axes Religion Report
 The Religion Report host Stephen Crittenden pre-empted an announcement by ABC Radio National that the program is to be axed as part of major changes to the national broadcaster's schedule for 2009. [More]
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JP2 wounded by crazed priest: Dziwisz reveals
 The late Pope John Paul II was wounded by a crazed knife wielding priest in 1982, the year after he was shot, but the injury was kept secret his former secretary, now Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, has revealed in a new documentary. [More]
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Priest's will finally done
 Seventy years after the death of Deniliquin priest, Fr Michael Treacy, a New South Wales Supreme Court judge has made orders regarding the final distribution of his estate.
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Two thumbs up for the padre
 Padre Ian Johnson had a way of approaching the new guys. He sidled up beside them, offering his right hand for shaking, maybe with his left hand on the Digger's shoulder. "All the best mate," he'd say. "G'day Padre," said the long-timers, all of whom, at one time or another in the past six months, have sought solace in the wisdom of the first Catholic padre embedded in Afghanistan.
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Ethical investment in a time of uncertainty
 For many religious people there is a legitimate tension between money and the message of the Gospel. Although Jesus taught the parable of the talents, the sadness of Jesus at the rich young man's unwillingness to give his wealth away and the Church's long monastic tradition, colours the Church's relationship to money. Such a tension is dealt with by acknowledging the necessary role of money both for personal well-being and institutional longevity, and then by using and investing money as ethically as possible. - Mark Speeks, The Tablet [More]
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We are all in this together
 Both climate change and the turbulence on the stock exchange demonstrate that we are all in this together. These things impact on us all, whether we had any part in their causes or not, whether we take up our responsibility to address these issues, or not.
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