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From Paul’s most mature work: I beg you, in a way that is worthy of thinking beings, by offering your living bodies as a holy sacrifice, truly pleasing to God (Romans 12). We are spirit, soul and body (1Thessalonians 5) – a profound unity. What we do in the body affects our inner life and vice versa. Pope St. John Paul II (1978-2005) developed the Theology of the Body, which opens up Paul’s invitation. George Weigel, papal biographer, claims that the ‘theology of the body is

Pope Leo XIV spoke to young people at Rimini, Italy, beach destination: Against the false realism that rearms minds, words, and nations, Catholic culture today must set the realism of mercy, in which there can be no enemies, and all people, even adversaries, are brothers and sisters to be looked in the eye and encountered in truth. Imagine a time without mercy. We don’t have to: The 20th Century was full of war and death, with revolutions abounding – political, cultural, sexu

The Lord Jesus Christ built his Church on a rock: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church (Matthew 16). Peter was the first pope. Pope Leo XIV is now the 267th successor of St. Peter. How has the Church survived and thrived for so long? Fidelity to the truth. Adaptability to change. Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) is indisputably the first truly modern pope: He is the earliest-born person captured on film, believe that or not. Elected in 1878, he systematically modern

What is beauty? The modern, more subjective definition is: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A more traditional – and realistic – definition is: That which when seen delights (St. Thomas Aquinas) Are we permitted to dilate St. Thomas’ definition? That which when heard, tasted, smelt and touched delights. Pope Leo XIV – Assumption of Mary into Heaven: The glorification of Mary, body and soul, teaches us that our true beauty does not lie in hiding the signs of aging, but in

St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941) believed that the world is passing through a time of intense spiritual crisis: A crisis of truth. A crisis of love. The rise of identity culture and politics surely highlights the issue: I naively identify as a pensioner. But the employee at Centrelink says, ‘Bad luck buddy, you were born in 1963 – you don’t qualify.’ What I take seriously is rightly rejected by the fella behind the counter. Truth be told. In our time, too, mercy and forgivene

Pope Leo XIV recently visited Assisi, home of St. Francis and St. Clare. The occasion was a Franciscan Youth Gathering with the theme, ‘Go!’ The visit took place on 6 August 2026, and the Holy Father celebrated the Mass of the Transfiguration for the young ones: We have come here to understand where history is heading and where we ourselves are going. Assisi is a good place to get our bearings. We know that St. Francis stayed awake for many hours each night asking God two que