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) – The religious persecution exercised by China and North Korea, restrictions on religious freedom in dozens of countries, and the continuing threat of violence at the hands of religious fundamentalists belonging to a variety of faiths have all worsened since 2018, said Aid to the Church in … Read More about Papal charity sees increased violations of religious freedom globally
DUBLIN (CNS) – The head of the Irish bishops’ conference said the government’s move to criminalise attendance at Mass as part of Covid-19 regulations was a “potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights”. “The precise provisions are unclear and. at first reading. appear to be draconian, going further … Read More about Head of Irish bishops calls new law on Mass attendance ‘draconian’
HONG KONG (CNS) – Catholic media tycoon and philanthropist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after being found guilty of unauthorised assembly. Ucanews.com reported he was among nine activists in court on April 16 who earlier were found guilty of charges relating to pro-democracy demonstrations in … Read More about Catholic Hong Kong media tycoon jailed for 12 months for ‘unauthorised assembly’
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (CNS) – One of Africa’s most senior Catholic leaders has denounced the imposition of “foreign ideologies” across the continent, and urged Africans to seek modernisation without succumbing to Western influences that erode family bonds. “We are observing the spread of a mindset and policies that devalue the … Read More about African cardinal urges resistance to Western ideologies
ROME (CNS) – Italian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican’s majority stake purchase of a property in London’s posh Chelsea district. According to court documents, Italy’s finance police requested the warrant after an investigation into Torzi and … Read More about Italy issues arrest warrant for broker in Vatican property deal
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February, 2022. “A theological symposium does not claim … Read More about Major Vatican conference on priesthood scheduled for 2022
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