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Pope Francis welcomes retired Pope Benedict back to Vatican

Friday 3 May 2013

POPE Francis has welcomed his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI, back to the Vatican outside the convent remodelled for the 86-year-old retired pontiff and five aides.

Thursday 2 May 2013

THE inaugural ACU Prize for Literature aims to support writers and to continue the tradition of the Catholic Church as a key patron of the arts.

Tuesday 30 April 2013

FEARS are growing for two Syrian archbishops – with still no news about them a week on from their abduction.

Tuesday 30 April 2013

GOING to confession isn't like heading off to be tortured or punished, nor is it like going to the dry cleaners to get out a stain, Pope Francis said in a morning Mass homily.

Tuesday 30 April 2013

MR Ross Fox has been appointed as the Executive Director of the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC).

John Aloisi

Monday 29 April 2013

MELBOURNE Heart coach John Aloisi is an Australian sporting hero who will always be remembered for kicking the penalty shot that saw the Socceroos advance to the World Cup in 2006, after 32 long years of waiting. He took time out of his busy schedule to reflect on the importance of faith and family in his life; for him, home is where the heart is.

Monday 29 April 2013

AT SUNDAY Mass where he confirmed 44 young people, Pope Francis encouraged the youth of the world to persist in their faith even in the midst of obstacles.

Friday 26 April 2013

THE man responsible for ensuring robust procedures on handling abuse allegations in Ireland's Catholic Church will take up a similar post in Australia.

Wednesday 24 April 2013

A VATICAN-CONVOKED commission of doctors concluded a healing attributed to Blessed John Paul II had no natural explanation, according to Italian news reports.

Catholic Archbishops abducted in Syria

Wednesday 24 April 2013

GRAVE fears are held for Syrian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox Archbishops of Aleppo Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yazigi who were seized on Monday 22April, while driving back to the city from the Turkish border.

The FCJ Learning and Development Centre

Tuesday 23 April 2013

NOW in its tenth year, the FCJ Center serves a community living adjacent to one of Manila’s main dumpsites. More than 5,000 people live in the immediate area where the Sisters work.

Vale Bishop William Edward Murray

Tuesday 23 April 2013

BISHOP William Edward Murray, Emeritus Bishop of Wollongong, died peacefully at 5:10pm on Sunday 21 April 2013, at the Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Home, Randwick.

Friday 19 April 2013

THE Truth Justice and Healing Council held its first meeting in Sydney earlier this week to discuss wide ranging topics, including systematic issues related to the protection of children.

Thursday 18 April 2013

FOLLOWING a process of review and discernment undertaken in 2012, the Trustees of Mary Aikenhead Ministries have announced the establishment of an advisory council to support them in the stewardship of their education ministry.

Thursday 18 April 2013

POPE Francis focused on the significance of Christ's Ascension into heaven during his weekly General Audience in St Peter's Square. An estimated 50,000 faithful were present at the audience.

Thursday 18 April 2013

ARCHBISHOP Denis Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment by Pope Francis, of Fr Antoine Tarabay O.L.M. (Lebanese Maronite Order) as Bishop of the Diocese of St Maroun (Maronites) in Australia.

Rome's basilica of unity

Tuesday 16 April 2013

POPE Francis celebrated his first Mass at the Basicllia od St Paul's outside the Walls on Sunday 14 April. Dr Elizabeth Lev, a Rome-based art historian, discusses the importance of the basilica in Christian history.

Tuesday 16 April 2013

POPE Francis has expressed that he would like to have his pontificate consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima.

Monday 15 April 2013

IN response to the Federal Government's weekend announcement of a $14.5 billion plan to boost the performance of Australian schools by overhauling the way primary and secondary schools are funded, the National Catholic Education Comission issued this press release today.

Monday 15 April 2013

CARDINAL George Pell has been appointed by Pope Francis as one of a group of eight cardinals to advise him on the governance of the Universal Church during his pontificate.