The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

Psychologist Dr Bill Marshall's extensive experience in the treatment of child sex offenders and research in the area prompted Vatican officials to seek his advice on the issue. Reporter PETER BUGDEN spoke with him about his recommendations.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul is returning to Lourdes, France on August 14-15 not to seek physical healing but to praise God for his great gifts, including the gift of the Blessed Virgin Mary, said the papal trip organiser...

PORTLAND, Oregon (CNS): A US archdiocese said it would "vigorously defend" itself against a lawsuit claiming unlawful discrimination at a Catholic school...

Queensland's Catholic bishops have issued a pastoral letter calling for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef. Reporter PETER BUGDEN looks at what the letter says about our responsibility for the reef.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): The battle of the sexes and, particularly, the subjugation of women are the result of Original Sin and not of God's original design for creation, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has deplored a string of deadly car bomb attacks on five Catholic churches in Iraq, calling on Muslims and Christians to unite against "all forms of violence" and to work together to bring peace and stability to the country...

On July 28, Brisbane archdiocese launched Let Your Light Shine, a document that sets out the vision, priorities and planning for a vibrant local Church. Here is a summary of the document.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS): Pope John Paul II has urgently appealed for an end to worldwide indifference to ongoing conflicts in Uganda and Sudan...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): A special investigator, appointed by the Pope, has started to look into a pornography and sex scandal in an Austrian seminary...