A book about a lecture series? That doesn't sound very compelling. But Reasons for Hope: Hélder Câmara, Global Catholicism and the Australian Church by historian Julie Thorpe is a rambunctious work ...

When Father Robert Barron headed to Australia to answer an invitation to roll out his Catholicism series there, he had no idea the trip would necessarily inspire another DVD on the faith. "It came ...

(RNS) — For each of the last 40 years, some of the brightest thinkers in the Catholic Church have spent weeks or more in Australia delivering the Hélder Câmara Lecture. (RNS) — In 2001, Harvard ...

A new book launched in Australia celebrates the legacy of 100 influential Catholic figures who have made lasting impacts on the Australian and global Catholic Church in recent decades. Reasons for ...

(RNS) — In 2001, Harvard University law professor Mary Ann Glendon received an unusual phone call, asking if she’d like to spend three weeks giving a series of talks and workshops to Catholics across ...