Deacons from the Diocese of Parramatta were prominent at this year’s National Deacons Conference, which brought together deacons, aspirants and their wives from around Australia to learn, grow in fraternity and engage in ongoing formation.  [...]

Pope Francis has returned home after 38 days in the hospital, which included two life-threatening respiratory crises. In this episode, host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell discuss a revealing new interview that the pope’s doctor gave to an Italian newspaper. [...]

50 years after, I still think the Vietnam War was a tragedy. There were lives lost, deep scars of physical and mental wounds, memories that still wait to be healed, on both sides of the conflict. Unless those wounds and memories, including those on the losing side, are acknowledged, healing cannot take place and nation building cannot be fully mobilised. [...]