For many in Europe and North America the last weeks have been ones of vacation and rest. For Christians in Pakistan, however, it's been a time of renewed violence and death.
The decline of Christianity and moral values in general is reaching new lows in Britain. While the number of faithful has been decreasing for some time now, warnings about the situation are starting to come from all quarters.
The Vatican and groups of women religious have long been actively working to stop the trafficking of persons, and a recent message of support sent by Pope Benedict XVI to a meeting on the issue held in Rome this month reiterated that this is a Church priority.
Family breakdown is causing social anarchy, according to a speech by an English judge, Justice Paul Coleridge. A senior Family Division judge for England and Wales, he addressed the Family Holiday Association charity on Wednesday evening.
The Catholic Guy Watch The Catholic Guy, a Catholic television program shown Sundays at 6pm and repeated Mondays at 1.30pm on the Australian Christian Channel on pay tv.
Mass on 89.9 Light FM You can hear Mass broadcast at 7am every Sunday on 89.9 Light FM. The celebrant is Fr Kevin Dillon from the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, Geelong.