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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With just days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the country. To date, Japan has recorded 848,000 infections and more than 15,000 deaths which has forced the revision of all programmes on the calendar, and is preventing … Read More about Tokyo Archdiocese cancels pastoral programme for athletes due to pandemic
BONN, Germany (CNS) — German Catholic churches offered spiritual and financial support to survivors of devastating flooding in two regions of the country. At Masses July 18, bishops, priests and parishioners prayed for those who died, emergency workers who continued to clear mud-lined streets and residents seeking to salvage what … Read More about German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Ten days after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican confirmed. In a statement released on July 14, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said that after leaving the hospital midmorning, the Pope visited the Basilica of St Mary Major to say … Read More about Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Despite initial estimates of requiring a week of inpatient care, Pope Francis will continue his recovery as a patient at Rome’s Gemelli hospital after undergoing colon surgery, the Vatican press office said. In a statement released on July 12, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Pope … Read More about Pope to remain in hospital ‘a few more days’, Vatican says
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CNS) – Bishop Douglas Lucia, whose downtown Syracuse office sits on the ancestral lands of the Onondaga Nation, hopes to meet with Pope Francis “to re-examine” 15th-century Vatican documents that justified colonisation, land takeovers and oppression of Indigenous peoples. In the last decade, numerous congregations, denominations and faith-based … Read More about Bishop supports apology on papal bulls that justified Indigenous oppression
The annual Respect Life Sunday event promoted each October by the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand will be renamed Support Life Sunday. This is to better reflect the active work Catholics need to do to help people facing significant life decisions. The country’s Catholic bishops have approved the change … Read More about Respect Life Sunday renamed to be Support Life Sunday
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