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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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Members of the Métis National Council gave Pope Francis a set of beaded moccasins and asked him to walk with them on the path of truth, justice and healing of Canada’s Indigenous communities and their relationship with the Catholic Church, said Cassidy Caron, president of the … Read More about Canadian Indigenous give Pope moccasins, ask him to walk with them.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Dozens of people experiencing poverty and homelessness around the world got to ask Pope Francis any question they wanted. “We gave him a little buzzer to use if he didn’t want to answer. He never used it,” Loic Luisetto told Agence France-Presse on March 23. Luisetto … Read More about Pope hosted homeless people at his residence to interview him
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In three separate meetings on March 28 and March 31, Pope Francis will listen to the experiences of representatives of Canada’s Indigenous communities, experiences that include being sent as children to residential schools operated by Catholic dioceses and religious orders. National organisations representing Canada’s First Nations, … Read More about Pope to listen to Canadian Indigenous before addressing group
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – While Pope Francis and bishops around the world will consecrate themselves and all humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, they will include the phrase, “especially Russia and Ukraine.” In the text of the Pope’s prayer sent to chanceries around the globe so that bishops can … Read More about Pope will consecrate humanity, ‘especially Russia and Ukraine’, to Mary, text says
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Women’s worn-out shoes are to be the focus of an action in central Auckland and Wellington organised by a group working for gender equality in the leadership of the Catholic Church. “Pink Shoes into the Vatican” is an ambitious public art work to be displayed on pavements leading to the … Read More about ‘Pink shoes into the Vatican’ delayed until September
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