Budgets at any level always involve balancing needs, desires, and resources. They must have an eye both on the present and the future.
Today's decision-makers need to consider the effect their decisions will have on our children's world tomorrow, especially as regards climate change.
The reality of war overlays this year's Anzac Day commemorations and is a powerful pointer to the need for the International Day for Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace on 24 April.
This World Health Day (7 April), it is important to recognise the complex relationships that mark the difference between health and illness.
The Easter journey takes us from despair to joy.
Palm Sunday stands at the intersection of God’s world and of the human world.
Lent is a time of preparation. It asks us through prayer, reflection and penance to deepen our understanding of the Gospel and its riches.
The Apology to the Stolen Generations was a pledge of respect towards Australia's First Nations peoples.
The related observances of Interfaith Harmony Week (1-7 February) and the International Day of Human Fraternity (4 February) remind us that in our human relationships living harmoniously together does not happen by chance.
Australia Day in its present setting does not mark a day of shared achievement but rather one where there is still much work to be done.
The theme for the upcoming Catholic Social Services Conference is ‘Commons, Commonality, Common Good.’
The story of Christmas is that no matter how desperate or despairing we are, there is always hope.