The Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA’s) Complaints Board has found a commercial advertising new caramelised white chocolate biscuits was not racist. The ruling comes after the board received a complaint that a TV advertisement for Griffins’ Toffee Pops had “offensive dialogue with racist overtones”. Continue reading
A team using computer modelling, Future of Religion and Secular Transitions (forest), has found that people tend to secularise when four factors are present: They are: Existential security (you have enough money and food) Personal freedom (you’re free to choose whether to believe or not) Pluralism (you have a welcoming attitude to diversity) Education (you’ve Read more
A Catholic education is one that stays with you for life. Whether it helps strengthen our moral compass or deepens our faith, it leaves an ingrained sense of belonging to something much bigger than our immediate circles. Click here to view a slideshow of 14 showbiz people whose lives were shaped by a Catholic education
A church is a community and a movement,” said Pastor Chris VanHall. “It’s not brick and mortar.” So he’s converting the Old Logos Bookstore downtown into a brewery. Every Sunday parishioners will join to pray, listen and drink beer. Read more
In New Zealand, Protestants may have arms for their defence. Catholics, it seems may not. This is it the claim made in a recent New Zealand Herald column on Weird Laws. True or false? Click here for the answer
A restaurant owner in Ohio is facing legal questions after offering a discount to church-goers. Justin Watson opened Starter’s Café in Cheviot about seven weeks ago. Read more
The preserved heart of Dublin’s patron saint was recovered in April by police, nearly six years after it was stolen from a church in the city. The St Laurence O’Toole relic – which has been venerated for 800 years – was stolen from Christ Church Cathedral in October 2012. Read more
There are only three physical examples of God’s unconditional love for us here on Earth: the love from one’s mother, the love from one’s grandmother(s) and the love one receives from a very large dog. Read more
How many of these words do you know the meaning of? Cuauhtlatoatzin, Filioque, Hypostatic, Oikonomia, Paraclete, Kyrie Eleison, Parousia, Tekakwitha, Prophecy, Viaticum, Catechesis. Click here to find out
J. R.R. Tolkien, in this writer’s opinion, has one of the best innate grasps of evangelizing through beauty of anyone writing in the 20th century. Why? Because his work is permeated with a Catholic understanding of beauty. Read more