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) – Visitors, tourists and employees who want to enter Vatican territory will be required beginning on October 1 to show proof of vaccination, recovery from the coronavirus or a negative Covid-19 test. The anti-Covid ordinance, which was approved by Pope Francis and signed by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, … Read More about Vatican to require vaccination proof or negative COVID-19 test
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) – Rome wasn’t built in a day, but LEGO architect Rocco Buttliere had three months, which definitely gave him a running start over Julius Caesar. Working quietly in his Chicago-area home during the lull of the pandemic in 2020, Buttliere cobbled together 67,000 tiny, plastic LEGO pieces to create an improbably … Read More about Architect turns 67,000 tiny LEGO pieces into Vatican City State replica
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM SLOVAKIA (CNS) – The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way, not by public condemnations that seek to “excommunicate” Catholics who are not in line with Church teaching, Pope Francis said. During his return flight from … Read More about Pope: Bishops must handle Communion debate as shepherds, not with censures
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis has praised his predecessor’s courage in denouncing the danger of people no longer respecting or understanding the sacredness of human life. Pope Francis highlighted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s insistence that Europe’s renewal comes through its respect for every human life. The Pope’s remarks were … Read More about Pope Francis says Benedict rightly warned against not respecting human life
BUDAPEST, Hungary (CNS) – Spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can heal Christians from a self-absorbed religiosity that is ostentatious and triumphalist, Pope Francis said. Presiding over the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress on September 12, the Pope urged people to make time for eucharistic adoration. … Read More about Eucharist heals from idolatry of ‘self,’ Pope says at Mass in Budapest
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis named a Chilean priest who had testified against his abusive mentor to be secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. Archbishop-designate Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira of Santiago, the new secretary, replaces 76-year-old French Archbishop Joël Mercier, who retired in September. Archbishop-designate Ferrada received his … Read More about Pope promotes theologian-priest who once testified against abusive mentor
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