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The Church’s Social Teaching began with Abraham and Sarah. It is 4,000 years old. What depth! It developed in the most profound manner from the late 19th century onwards, because of rapid changes in society known as the Industrial Revolution. Pope Leo XIII responded magnificently with Rerum Novarum (1891). The Berlin Wall came crumbling down in 1989 and Pope St. John Paul II wrote Centesimus Annus (1991). It honoured the memory of Leo XIII and called for a society of free wo

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) bequeathed to the Church a way of thinking that has proved perennial. He brought together faith and reason in the search for truth, goodness and beauty. This is especially true of his reflections on the feast of Corpus Christi – the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ: Jesus offered his body to God the Father on the altar of the cross as a sacrifice for our reconciliation. Notice the language employed: Jesus offered his body to God his Father. Jesus

Pope Leo XIV has issued Magnifica Humanitas. You guessed. It means Magnificent Humanity. The sub-title reads: Safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. I have read the 42,088-word document – twice. I asked various AI platforms for a summary. All were mediocre: Natural intelligence has, and will continue to have, the upper hand. AI can be used for good or for ill, precisely because it is a tool in our hands. Many benefits will come from AI. We exper

We hear the mantra often enough: ‘We are an inclusive community.’ However, our starting point is not exclusion, but mutuality, precisely because we are baptised into the Father, Son and Holy Spirit: God is a mutual God. He is in us, and we are in him. Baptise is a Greek word meaning immerse. For instance, there is an ancient recipe for ‘Baptising cucumbers in vinegar.’ Cucumbers need a good soaking, as do we: Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them

2026 Historians tell us that our Aboriginal brothers and sisters came to Australia around 60,000 years ago. They travelled by foot across the shallow waters of the Indonesian Archipelago. Approximately 20,000 years ago sea levels rose by approximately 150 metres. Scientists suggest that the earth tilted a touch more than usual, resulting in warmer temperatures. Our indigenous peoples could get in, but not out. The next arrival of peoples to the country, continent and island t

Bishop Anthony Percy joins 2GB's Bill Crews to discuss the immersive Sistine Chapel Exhibition now in Sydney - reflecting on Michelangelo, sacred beauty, and the genius of the Renaissance.