Churchgoers stop teen who entered with gun during children’s service

Churchgoers stop teen who entered with gun during children’s service

The livestream of the Catholic mass is no longer accessible on the church’s social media pages but a recording shows chaos unfolding.

  • byBen Brasch

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Reclusive WA church plans $60 million school – with 546 parking bays

Reclusive WA church plans $60 million school – with 546 parking bays

The Free Reformed School Association want to build a massive school in Perth’s east only for members of their affiliated church. Why?

  • byHolly Thompson
‘I’ve heard some strange theories’:Paul Murray on The Bee Sting’s climax
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‘I’ve heard some strange theories’:Paul Murray on The Bee Sting’s climax

The Irish writer on his childhood fear of the devil,his superpower – and one of the enigmas of his latest novel.

  • byBenjamin Law
The WA parents joining Catholic churches to get children into ‘ideal’ schools
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The WA parents joining Catholic churches to get children into ‘ideal’ schools

A WA expert says there is considerable weight to the ‘urban myth’ families join a Catholic church or have their children baptised primarily due to school choice.

  • byHolly Thompson
Catholic college ordered to remove paedophile priest from honour roll
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Catholic college ordered to remove paedophile priest from honour roll

Despite apologising and paying more than $1 million to a victim of clerical abuse,Salesian College continued to eulogise a disgraced priest for years.

  • byCameron Houston
Catholic bishops push for Pope Francis to visit Australia
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Catholic bishops push for Pope Francis to visit Australia

Darwin has been singled out as the most likely destination for a papal visit,which would be the first by a Catholic pope to Australia in 16 years.

  • byMatthew Knott
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Parishioners revolt against Catholic Church’s ‘hideous’ building plans

Parishioners revolt against Catholic Church’s ‘hideous’ building plans

Plans for a six-storey building next to St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney have provoked opposition from churchgoers,heritage experts and a priest.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Vatican says ‘no’ to sex changes,surrogacy and gender theory in new document

Vatican says ‘no’ to sex changes,surrogacy and gender theory in new document

The release of a 20-page document follows fierce conservative pushback against the doctrinal office’s previous declaration on LGBT issues.

  • byAlvise Armellini
Pope seeks immunity in Australian court over notorious paedophile priest
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Pope seeks immunity in Australian court over notorious paedophile priest

A lawsuit involving Aboriginal victims of a jailed priest could have international implications for the Vatican as they seek to protect the pontiff from being drawn into a civil damages claim.

  • byChip Le Grand
350 Optus Stadiums:Counting the staggering profit of God’s acres in Perth
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350 Optus Stadiums:Counting the staggering profit of God’s acres in Perth

From vacant acres on Perth’s fringe to places of worship,schools,commercial buildings and houses,these churches own some of WA’s most valuable private property portfolios.

  • bySarah Brookes andHamish Hastie
Pope soldiers on through Easter Sunday after skipping Good Friday ‘to preserve health’

Pope soldiers on through Easter Sunday after skipping Good Friday ‘to preserve health’

Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass,leading some 30,000 people in a flower-decked St Peter’s Square.

  • byNicole Winfield