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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Still sick, Pope has aide read his audience talk on envy and pride
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Cardinal Schönborn warns of schism as Rome halts German bishops’ vote on lay committee
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Catholic mother of 2 killed in Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade mass shooting
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Synodality is not a reorganisation of Church structures, but rather a path of ecclesial communion that seeks to open minds and hearts to the will of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said. In a video message to members of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on … Read More about Synodality means communion, not ‘populism’, Pope says
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Several US bishops spoke out against the easy accessibility to guns in the country following a May 24 rampage that left at least 19 children and two of their elementary school teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas. “Don’t tell me that guns aren’t the problem, people are. I’m … Read More about US bishops push gun control as some call mass shootings ‘pressing life issue’
HONG KONG (CNS) – Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and several others pleaded not guilty in a Hong Kong court to charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters. The 90-year-old cardinal was detained on May 11 under China’s national security law for “conspiracy to collude … Read More about Cardinal Zen charged with improperly registering fund, pleads not guilty in Hong Kong court
WASHINGTON (CNS) – A number of US Catholic bishops have praised San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for his “courageous” action in declaring on May 20 that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not “to be admitted” to Communion because of her stand on legalised abortion. “I applaud Archbishop Cordileone’s patient … Read More about Some bishops call San Francisco prelate ‘courageous’ for Pelosi statement
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Granting an exception to canon law, Pope Francis said the Vatican office that deals with religious orders can permit men’s communities that are made up of both priests and brothers to choose one of the brothers to be a provincial superior or even the superior general. … Read More about Religious brothers can be superiors of orders with priests, Pope says
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Several US Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after a mass shooting on May 14 in Buffalo, New York, left at least three injured and 10 dead, all of whom were Black. Authorities said the shooter, who was white, was motivated by … Read More about Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, USA
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