ON OCTOBER 17 Australia will have its first saint – a woman described as feisty and stubborn, yet her life remains a model of forgiveness and humility for today’s busy and complex world....
THE EXISTENCE of extraterrestrial intelligence has been posited by thinkers since the beginning of modern science. Lately, however, a spate of official scientific investigations has added weight to...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: A few days ago I reacted rather sternly to the continuous attacks of my 8-year-old son against his smaller sister, and to his lack of respect for us, his parents, by giving him a...
I HAVE before me as I write a portrait of Saint Anthony which is, in fact, a photograph of the sculpture based on the skull of the Saint. He looks rather different from the ideas of artists down the...
style=width:218px;height:300px;float:right;" >SOME MONTHS ago I wrote that I would have liked to say more about my visit to Camposampiero, which I made as part of my pilgrimage to Padua for the...
