By MARILYN RODRIGUES SYDNEY (OSV News) – The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney’s Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on April 13, in which seven people were killed and a dozen injured, including a nine-month-old baby. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of … Read More about Eastertide joy turns to tears as Sydney Catholics mourn horrific knife attack’s victims
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Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
After 16 years, Christchurch diocese’s Catholic ... Read More about Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
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Festival of New Life date announced
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By ROWENA OREJANA Auckland Bishop Stephen Lowe is launching an appeal through the Catholic Caring Foundation after the region suffered flooding after unprecedented rainfall on January 27. Auckland diocese general manager James van Schie said that further details of the appeal will be announced in the coming days. To donate, … Read More about Auckland Bishop to launch appeal after unprecedented flooding
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV News ROME (OSV News) – Pope Benedict XVI’s biographer revealed that the late Pontiff for years suffered from insomnia and exhaustion, which ultimately led him to resign from the papacy. The revelation, which was reported by the German magazine Focus, was confirmed by Peter Seewald, papal … Read More about Pope Benedict XVI suffered from insomnia, exhaustion, which led to his resignation, papal biographer says
By JUSTIN McLELLAN, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Germany’s bishops do not have the authority to establish a permanent decision-making body of bishops and laypeople that top Vatican officials said would supersede the authority of the country’s bishops’ conference, according to a letter from the officials published on January 23. … Read More about Vatican rejects proposed governing council of bishops and laity in Germany
By JUSTIN McLELLAN, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Lengthy, abstract homilies are “a disaster”, so preaching should be limited to 10 minutes, Pope Francis said. Speaking off the cuff to diocesan liturgical directors on January 20, the Pope said that homilies are not academic conferences. “I sometimes hear … Read More about Long homilies are ‘a disaster’, keep it under 10 minutes, Pope says
By KATE SCANLON, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates descended upon the US capital for the 50th March for Life on Januart 20 — the first national march since the overturn of the US Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that initially prompted the … Read More about ‘We are not yet done’: March for Life holds first national event after overturn of Roe v Wade
By DAMIEN FISHER, OSV News (OSV News) – As Theodore McCarrick faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, the disgraced former cardinal’s legal defence team is now claiming he is in steep mental and physical decline and therefore not able to stand trial. McCarrick’s lawyers filed a motion … Read More about McCarrick’s lawyers seek to prove disgraced former cardinal not competent to stand trial
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