Miramax Films. Running time: 103 minutes. Rating: M (Infrequent moderate coarse language) Before we had celebrities to observe, I suppose our attentions were drawn to members of the royal family. Unlike most celebrities, however, the British Royal Family has real power and enduring appeal to their admirers throughout the Commonwealth. "The Queen", a new film by Stephen Frears, features this ...

JOURNEY ASKED people to name a favourite saint or hero. George MacLeod, the founder of Iona Community (1938), became a campaigner for nuclear disarmament. His life story continues to inspire my commitment to holistic worship, social justice and ecumenism. Duncan Macleod,Vision for Mission Advocate Padre Meraj Masihi who in the late 70s and early 80s was pastor to the small ...

DURING HIS 26 year reign as pontiff, John Paul II canonised 484 saints and beatified a further 1,338 individuals, thus placing them on the slow but sure road to sainthood. His intention, no doubt, was to remind an age now notorious for its moral bankruptcy and ethical amnesia of those beacons of virtue that have illuminated the Church’s path for ...

Both Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and Anglican Archbishop Phillip Aspinall were expecting a cynical response to yesterday’s gathering of 300 people at an ecumenical service to pray for rain at Brisbane’s St John’s Cathedral. But Mr Beattie maintained he was "genuine" in asking churches to pray for rain. "I just ask people who have faith to, in the next week, ...

Spread over two weekends in two locations over a hundred excited children from across North Queensland attended this years Kids Camp Out in Townsville and Cairns. A non-stop program included crafts, playing games and rides with a special worship service organised and led by children on Sunday morning. Youth and Children’s Ministry Unit (YACMU) Regional Worker and Camp Out organiser ...

Tour group Uniting Church Safaris don’t just travel through outback Queensland, they make an important contribution to struggling Uniting Church Congregations in remote areas. Chairperson of the UC Safaris management team Mr Doug Fergusson said that while tours are budgeted to break even on costs a strong response to the tours has provided an excess of funds to give back ...

Queensland bands stole the show at the Black Stump Christian music and arts festival held on the NSW Labour Day holiday. Held at Cataract Park, 90 minutes south of Sydney, about 5000 young people gathered together to experience four days of Australia’s best Christian music, arts and teaching. This year Queensland bands led the entertainment front. Brisbane rockers Another Day ...

A New Zealander with a decade of leadership experience in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand has been called by the Assembly Standing Committee to the position of National Director of Uniting International Mission. Rev. Dr Kerry Enright has spent the last decade as the equivalent to the General Secretary in the Uniting Church and will conclude his term ...

Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered on 12 September at the University of Regensburg, where he was a professor and vice rector from 1969 to 1971. Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections It is a moving experience for me to be back again in the university and to be able once again to ...

Pope Benedict XVI has joined German Christians of other denominations for a prayer service at Regensburg cathedral in Bavaria where he urged Christians not to hide their witness to God in a multi-religious age. "We know who God is through Jesus Christ," said Pope Benedict at the service on 12 September during a six-day visit to his native Bavaria in ...