Resurrection comes from the Latin word ‘re-surgere’ meaning a new surge of life, a lifting up once again. This is what resurrecting Christianity is all about; the continual surge of new life into all which is human, writes Salesian Father Frank Freeman.

The Good Samaritan Sisters marked the 30th anniversary of their arrival in the Western Australian outback parish of Mt Magnet in a weekend of celebrations, reports The Good Oil.

Recently I watched sections of the Royal Commission’s questioning of Cardinal Pell from Rome. It was a painful event no matter whose point of view you tried to take. But I thought those four days made a couple of powerful points about Pope Francis’ Year of Mercy.

It has become easier for many to cast people into the realm of the "other", rather than seeking to show that there is no "other" and that all of us are "one". Yet we are connected at the very root of our being. writes CRA President Sister Berneice Loch rsm.

Celebrations will be held around Australia to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of St Joseph, also known as the Josephites, by Saint Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods in Penola, South Australia.

The Marist Brothers Province of Australia is helping to restore educational opportunities in Timor Leste, 13 years after the religious order opened a new teacher training college in the country, reports the National Catholic Education Commission newsletter.

Recently I read an article about young people discussing why Pope Francis called this year a ‘Year of Mercy’. Why Mercy? Couldn’t he call it the year of Compassion or the year of Kindness to others? Sister Elizabeth Gilroy lcm reflects on these questions.

The interest, commentary and temperature around the past week surrounding the Royal Commission's marathon hearings with Cardinal Pell has never been greater, writes Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council. What can we do with our anger and the aftermath of this storm?

The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools has released a new information booklet which captures the global reach of the Lasallian family in today's world, reports the Lasallian Outlook.

The Jesuits in Timor-Leste have launched their new website, featuring updates on their community and their work in education, pastoral/spiritual ministry, social services and communications.  

Celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. Yet progress has slowed in many parts of the world and we must continue to take action for gender equality.

Cyclone Winston that hit the Fiji Islands on 20 February was one of the deadliest and most destructive cyclones in the country’s history. John Pickering recounts how the cyclone wreaked its terrifying damage and calls on Australians for urgent help in its aftermath.

Three pillars of Pope Francis’ papacy provide "a Magna Carta for Catholic Social Services", Vatican Reporter John L. Allen Jr. told leaders gathered at the joint Catholic Social Services Australia and Catholic Social Services Victoria, national mission conference.

The Leader of the Loreto Province of Australia & South-East Asia, Sister Margaret Mary Flynn ibvm, is pleased to announce the establishment of its new company, Loreto Ministries Limited, which will ensure sound governance and ongoing sustainability of the Province’s corporate ministries.

The crisis of abuse by church personnel reminds us that we are not just a Church of mercy but a church in desperate need of mercy. This can be a year in which we know ourselves as recipients of the great mercy of God, even while we try to be channels of that same mercy to others, writes CRA President Sister Berneice Loch rsm.

Marist Brothers of Australia, Melanesia and the Pacific are heeding a call for their ministry to spread to people on the margins of society, moving into new areas of ministry outside their traditional school roles.

To commence the Year of Consecrated Life, Pope Francis wrote an Apostolic Letter to consecrated women and men. Within the context of this letter, Sr Margaret Randall rsm reflects on questions and comments regarding ageing that were raised at a meeting of Sisters of Mercy in Sydney, exploring topics such as community life, ageism, loss and suffering, residential care, prophetic witness, reminiscence, and spirituality throughout life.

The Sisters of St Joseph are celebrating their sesquicentenary this year and will commence their celebrations next month in Penola, the place where St Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods founded the Order on March 19 1866.

The scholarships provided by the Holy Spirit Sisters and Catholic Religious Australia Queensland (CRAQld) have been acknowledged in the establishment of Iraq’s first Catholic university which opened on 8 December 2015, the start of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.

Respond to the crisis of vocations with intensified prayer, not despair or a lax admissions process, Pope Francis told women and men religious during closing events for the Year of Consecrated Life, reports Catholic News Service (CNS).

Religious women and men were among those recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list for their generous service in the fields of education, aged care, health care and Indigenous languages.

Exactly 170 years later, a large number of Mercy Sisters and their friends, remembered the arrival of the first Sisters of Mercy in Australia by retracing their river journey, reports The Record.

Spotlight is an occasion for holy, righteous anger and every adult Catholic should see it. The time to look away has gone, writes Fr Richard Leonard sj. Why go and see this film? Because victims of child sexual abuse and their families deserve it.

Catholic Mission launched its first campaign of the 2016 Year of Mercy, a direct mail appeal with a focus on Timor-Leste, with the campaign highlighting the efforts of promising young seminarians who are answering God’s call to guide the people of Timor-Leste towards true independence.

The jury of the Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting has awarded its annual prize to Jeremy Sim’s Last Cab to Darwin, a deeply humane story of love and the dignity of life, writes Fr Leonard Leonard sj.

To help appreciate and better promote the vocation of religious brothers, the Vatican last month released a 50-page reflection on the importance of their life and mission of evangelization, fraternity and sacrifice, reports the Catholic News Service (CNS).

Pope Francis' message for the 2016 World Day of Peace, marked annually on the 1st of January, emphasised that peace is the fruit of a culture of solidarity, mercy and compassion.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) proudly unveils a logo to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy which began on the 8th of December 2015 and will conclude on the 20th of November 2016.

As the world seems more angry, hatefilled and less tolerant, this Christmas the greatest gift any of us can give is the love of God, writes CRA President Sister Berneice Loch rsm.

On 26 November, Redemptorists of Australia, New Zealand and Samoa celebrated the establishment of the Province of Oceania, created to refocus the Redemptorist mission in the region.