There was a blessed and eerie feeling to our Ash Wednesday celebration in Brisbane this year. As I said to the congregation, there is nothing like a pending tropical cyclone to reinforce those words ‘Remember you are dust, and unto dust you will return’, (Read More)

Biblical stories are usually read as narratives written from a male perspective, with the main roles assigned to men: patriarchs, judges, kings, prophets. In reality, however, female genius is creatively present in the pages of Scripture, which narrates more than patriarchal stories. At decisive moments in the biblical story, it is the women who make the difference, intervening to untie the knots and resolve issues along the path of the history of salvation. (Read More)

In recent days, the 88-year-old pope has repeatedly addressed the theme of fragility in his messages sent from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for over a month for double pneumonia. (Read More)