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Pope Francis waves from a car as he leaves Rome’s Gemelli hospital April 1, 2023. The 86-year-old pope, who had been hospitalized since March 29 for treatment of bronchitis. (OSV NEWS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Homily for Mass of Easter Tuesday and for the late Pope Francis St Mary’s Basilica, Sydney, 22 April 2025.  “Woman, why […]

Easter Sunday 2023. Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2023 Trade wars, military wars and cyber wars. Natural disasters and climate change. Cost of living, recession, political instability. Polarisation, domestic violence and relationship breakdown. We can be short on reasons to hope. Yet as the great Martin Luther King, Jnr pointed out, its only when its dark […]

Macbeth and the witches (Romney 1785). Photo: Wikimedia Commons. This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP for the Mass for the 5th Sunday of Lent, Year C, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 6 April, 2025.  To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, […]

A public lecture takes place at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. Little-known, it is the only body offering pontifical qualifications in Oceania and is considered among the elite Catholic educational institutions in the region. Photo: Alphonsus Fok This is the edited text for the homily for the 2nd Sunday in Lent Year C, with the […]

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP. Photo: Patrick J Lee. This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP for the Mass for the first Sunday of Lent Year C and Centenary of Our Lady Queen of peace Church, Gladesville, 9 March, 2025. Rob Parsons is an author, speaker and founder of […]

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP with Executive Director of Sydney Catholic Schools Danielle Cronin. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 This is the edited text for the Homily for the Sydney Catholic Schools Commissioning Mass for Beginning Teachers, Principals and the New Executive Director, Thursday of the 1st week of Lent, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, […]

The very hungry caterpillar book cover. Photo: Supplied. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass for the Opening of the 2025 School Year for St Mary’s Cathedral College, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 2025.  Most of you will be familiar with that great classic of […]

Rod Laver Arena Melbourne Park Australian Open 2023 quarter final. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Last week I wrote about the place of faith in the lives of some of the great past and present players at the Australian Open (tennis). This week I’d like to reflect on the behaviour of some of the crowd. Tournament organisers […]

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is seen in Hawthorne, Calif., in this April 30, 2015, file photo. Musk is among well-known innovators who have cautioned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence without some thought into what they mean for humanity could threaten human survival. (CNS photo/Patrick T. Fallon, Reuters) See ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-ETHICS March 10, 2016. This […]