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) – “With great regret”, Pope Francis has accepted his doctors’ advice to not travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from December 1-3 and is looking at alternative ways the Vatican can participate in the UN Climate Change Conference, the director of the Vatican press office said. The … Read More about Pope cancels Dubai trip although Vatican says his health is improving
(OSV News) – Bishop Robert Barron said he is in “frank disagreement” with a section of a report from the Synod on Synodality indicating that scientific advances could prompt “rethinking” of the Church’s teaching on sexual morality. In an essay titled “My Experience of the Synod” published on November 21 on the website … Read More about Bishop Barron criticises synod report’s suggestion scientific advances could shift Church morality teaching
Signature Choir had the pleasure of performing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the Spark Arena on Friday, November 24, 2023. This was the Mana Moana concert of folk songs from the Pasifika islands of Samoa, Cook Island, Fiji, Niue, Tokelau and the Kingdom of Tonga. The Signature Choir … Read More about Christians from many denominations in colossal Signature Choir performance at Spark Arena
PARIS (OSV News) – If classical literature characters could become saints, France has a perfect example. The real bishop behind Victor Hugo’s famous Les Misérables character is likely to be beatified. The French bishops, gathered in Lourdes from November 3-8 for their plenary assembly, voted in favour of opening the diocesan … Read More about The real bishop behind Les Misérables is on the path to sainthood
by PAT McCARTHY Wood carvings of the wounded hands of Jesus, by Auckland artist Bill Verryt, have been combined with reflections by Beate Matthies in a 20-page Stations of the Cross booklet. “The concept of depicting the Stations of the Cross through the suffering of Jesus’s hands has been percolating … Read More about Carvings of the wounded hands of Jesus shown in booklet
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – As part of a plan to reduce its CO2 footprint, Vatican City State has launched a programme to replace its existing vehicle fleet with electric vehicles. The city state’s “Ecological Conversion 2030” programme includes making all its vehicles CO2-neutral by 2030, according to a press release … Read More about Vatican aims to have a net-zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2030
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