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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MIAMI BEACH (CNS) – Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response strategy on June 24 near the stunning wreckage of a partially collapsed beachfront high-rise apartment building. As of early June 25, some 159 people who lived in the 12-story … Read More about Catholic agency offers help after ‘heartbreaking’ collapse of Miami building
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace praised President Joe Biden on June 23 for his commitment to provide 500 million Covid-19 vaccines to lower-income countries. This was recently matched by the G-7 … Read More about US bishops praise Biden for committing to give vaccines to needy nations
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Reaffirming the principles that led the Vatican to severely limit private celebrations of Mass in St Peter’s Basilica in the early morning, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the new archpriest of the basilica, said exceptions would be made for “groups with particular and legitimate needs”. In addition, requests … Read More about Cardinal keeps limits on private Masses in St Peter’s, allows exceptions
ST PAUL, Minn. (CNS) – US Catholics can expect added emphasis on the Eucharist at all levels of the Church beginning next northern summer, culminating in a large-scale national event in the US in 2024. Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens of St Paul and Minneapolis, chairman of the US Conference of … Read More about National Eucharistic Revival aims to ‘to light fire’ among the US faithful
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – On the feast of St Francis of Assisi, October 4, leaders of world religions or their representatives will meet at the Vatican and in Rome to draft a statement to government leaders who will gather in Scotland in November for COP26, the UN climate summit. The … Read More about Faith leaders to meet at Vatican in October to discuss climate change
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After issuing revised guidelines for preparing for the next world Synod of Bishops, leaders of the synod’s general secretariat held online meetings with the presidents and general secretaries of national and regional bishops’ conferences. Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary of the synod, and the office’s two undersecretaries, … Read More about Rome discusses synod process with bishops’ conference presidents
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