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  1. Flooded NSW No Barrier for Priests Determined to Make it to the Church on Time

    Flooded NSW No Barrier for Priests Determined to Make it to the Church on Time 9 Feb 2012| Roads were cut off. The airport closed. The town under water. But this wasn't going to stop Wee Waa parish priest, Father Vic Ignacio.

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  2. World Youth Day 2013 in Río de Janeiro Releases Official Logo

    World Youth Day 2013 in Río de Janeiro Releases Official Logo 9 Feb 2012| This is the logo of the World Youth Day to be held in Río de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 23rd to the 28th in 2013.

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  3. Pornographic Play Oversteps Boundaries but Insists it is "Art"

    Pornographic Play Oversteps Boundaries but Insists it is 8 Feb 2012| The opening of a play in Sydney tonight was deliberately chosen by its producers for its shock value and featuring violent sexual scenes of bondage, rape, murder and graphic sexual assault.

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  4. What Five Nuns Began TV Now Brings Unique Insight to St Vincent's Hospital

    What Five Nuns Began TV Now Brings Unique Insight to St Vincent's Hospital 8 Feb 2012| A unique observational series documenting the real life dramas of St Vincent's Hospital's Emergency Department in Darlinghurst has become the most watched show on pay-tv.

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  5. Report Reveals Govt Funding Gap to Catholic Schools

    Report Reveals Govt Funding Gap to Catholic Schools 7 Feb 2012| Catholic Schools continue to lag behind public schools in terms of government funding.

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  6. Emotional Trauma Predicted For Latest Victims of Floods

    Emotional Trauma Predicted For Latest Victims of Floods 7 Feb 2012| South Western Queensland and North West NSW have been hard hit by floods. For thousands this is the second or even third time major floods have devastated their towns and outlying areas within the past 18 months.

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Alfonso Nieto was a teacher, researcher and businessman but most of all he was recognised as a pioneer of communication.

He founded the highly regarded international agency Rome Reports. For 12 years he was rector of the University of Navarra in Spain as well as being asked to help establish the Faculty of Communication at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. He always said it was the Church that had the best message.

Alfonso Nieto, ROME REPORT's President Passes Away

Feast Days

  1. St Josephine Bakhita - 8 Feb

    St Josephine Bakhita - 8 Feb Josephine Bakhita, who was once an ill-treated slave and became as a unifying symbol for African Catholics and women, is the first person from Sudan to be beatified and canonised.

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Features

  1. Caritas Internationalis: Providing Not Only Crops in Africa, But Knowledge

    Caritas Internationalis: Providing Not Only Crops in Africa, But Knowledge These simple seeds are literally saving lives and lifting entire communities out of poverty.

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  2. The Story of Two Youths That Gave Up Everything to Become Religious

    The Story of Two Youths That Gave Up Everything to Become Religious On February 2, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Consecrated Life. It's a day that carries a special significance for those in religious life.

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Vatican News

  1. Pope Prays With Thousands of Religious at St. Peter's Basilica

    Pope Prays With Thousands of Religious at St. Peter's Basilica To celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life, Pope Benedict XVI prayed with thousands of religious at St. Peter's Basilica.

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