Jesus the True Vine Prayer Group now meets every Sunday afternoon at St. Aidan’s Catholic Church at  9 Adelaide St. Rooty Hill NSW 2766. Interested participants are requested to use the Rooty Hill North Rd Entrance. (more…)

Now that the dust of celebrations and euphoria over the Papal interregnum has somewhat settled down, there is a need for the Papacy to face squarely and immediately the emerging Church crisis. His major pronouncements on focus on the poor, planned dialogues with nations such as China, and with the Jews and the Muslims, are most welcome, but there is a deeper concern which needs urgency, namely the emerging Church crisis, which will be the litmus test of his reign. (more…)

According to a CNN correspondent in Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I, took political issue with the Argentine government on abortion and same sex marriage, but had been known for not taking a hard position on human rights violations. (Conservative, cautious). (more…)

Cardinal George Pell, tainted by sex abuse scandals, has no chance of becoming the 266th pope after Australian critics campaigned to publicise the allegations among voting cardinals, according to Australian commentator Paul Collins. (more…)

There is always that possibility because Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, now a prince of the church, will be attending the conclave this month in Rome. But is it highly probable? Well, he has to overcome the strong Italian politics that dominate the Vatican. (more…)