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Cardinal Pell appointed to new Vatican governance council

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.

Light to the Nations Easter pilgrimage

Friday 12 April 2013

MORE than 800 people came from across Australia to the bushland setting of Appin, on the NSW south coast, for the Light to the Nations Easter youth pilgrimage.

Thursday 11 April 2013

KAIROS photojournalist Fiona Basile shares her recent 2-week experience at the United Nation's 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York.

Wedne

sday 10 April 2013

RECONGNISING the important role each other plays on the global stage, Pope Francis and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met at the Vatican on Tuesday 9 April, to discuss common efforts to promote peace and protect human dignity.

Haiti Seminary hardship

Tuesday 9 April 2013

AT present there are 267 seminarians receiving their training in the somewhat precarious makeshift premises of the national seminary of Notre-Dame d’Haiti in Port-au-Prince. This letter written by Fr Guy Boucicaut, the rector of the seminary, explains the current situation of the seminarians there.

Pope's first Mass at St John Lateran

Tuesday 9 April 2013

ON Sunday 7 April Pope Francis celebrated his first Mass in Rome's St John Lateran cathedral. Art Historian, Dr Elizabeth Lev explains the historical importance of the first Catholic Church built in Rome when the persecution of the early Christians came to an end.

Easter unity

Monday 8 April 2013

FOR the past 15 years, Catholic parishes throughout the Palestinian territories and many in Israel have been celebrating Easter on the Greek Orthodox date. Now, following a directive from the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, within two years, all Eastern Catholics and the Latin Patriarchate in the Holy Land will officially adopt the Greek Orthodox Julian calendar date.

On a Mission from God

Monday 8 April 2013

WITH great joy, expectation and surrender to God, five more sisters from gave their “yes” to God within the Missionaries of God’s Love Sisters (MGL) earlier this year.

Thursday 4 April 2013

SPEAKING at the General Audience in Vatican Square yesterday, Pope Francis emphasised the privileged role of women in the church because of their ability to pass on the faith through love.

Tuesday

2 April 2013

ARCHBISHOP Denis Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, and Sr Annette Cunliffe RSC, Chair of Catholic Religious Australia, have today announced the members of the Truth Justice and Healing Council.

Tuesday 2 April 2013

IN the first Urbi et Orbi message of his pontificate on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis invited people of all ages and from all walks of life to “ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace”.

Thursday 28 March 2013

JOSEPHITES this week have joined ACOSS in urging the Commonwealth Government to increase the Newstart allowance by $50 per week.

Thursday 28 March 2013

THE texts of the meditations for the Good Friday via crucis at the Colosseum in Rome have been released. Prepared by Lebanese young people under the guidance of the Maronite Patriarch, His Eminent Beatitude Béchara Boutros Raï, the meditations focus on the suffering of people -especially Christians - in the Middle East.

Tuesday 26 March 2013

THE dilemma of treating refugees humanely yet pragmatically is a problem that has disturbed the Australian government and other governments of the world for many years. An ideal program for integration has yet to surface.

Monday 25 March 2013

CARITAS Australia has called for more to be done to contain the growing humanitarian crisis in Syria and neighbouring countries.

Thursday 21 March 2013

On Thursday 21 March, Archbishop Denis Hart announced that on Wednesday 27 March at the Chrism Mass in the Diocese of Guntur, India, Bishop Bali Gali will declare Dr Sister Mary Glowrey a “Servant of God” as the commencement of the diocesan phase of the process for possible Beatification.

Thursday 14 March 2013

AS Archbishop of Melbourne and President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, I joyfully welcome the glad news of the appointment of Pope Francis. For two weeks the Catholics of the world have been without the spiritual father of their family. We have been looking forward to this special moment when our new Holy Father, chief teacher and shepherd would be announced.

Cardinal rejects smear

Tuesday 12 March 2013

THE following statement was released on Monday by the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney in response to the publication of false and defamartory statements about Cardinal George Pell published by Fairfax media and repeated by other media oulets across Australia and overseas.

Friday 8 March 2013

FOR women worldwide, motherhood is one of life’s most precious gifts. Proper care during pregnancy is a privilege we can easily take for granted in Australia, in many other countries the reality is starkly different. Caritas’ Project Compassion is tackling this issue by providing women, like 18 year old Salma from Bangladesh, with access to quality prenatal care.

Wednesday 6 March 2013

AUSTRALIA'S first mulit-language anti-trafficking radio awareness project was launched yesterday in a bid to raise awareness about the risk of sexual and labour exploitation in Australia .

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