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Marcelo Pérez, a symbol of resistance for Chiapas
He was considered “a symbol of resistance and accompaniment for the communities of Chiapas, defending the people’s dignity, their rights and building peace. His commitment to justice and solidarity...
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Pope Francis: ‘May dialogue replace weapons’
Pope Francis reiterates his appeal for mediated solutions to the wars afflicting the planet and urges the faithful to contribute to helping those affected by devastating floods-in Spain’s eastern...
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Lebanese Patriarch: ‘Everyone is a loser’ in Middle East war
Patriarch Bechara Boutrous Ra’i, the head of Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic Church, renews his appeal for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East. “In war, everyone is a loser, defeated and broken.”...
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A community embracing diversity: Religious sisters in Australia
A former soldier from an elite military unit in the Philippines, a collaborator of Archbishop Karol Wojtyla from Krakow, and a theologian from Belarus—all share the same calling and mission. They...
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Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Acting out God’s kinship with the most expendable...
Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Readings: 1 Kings 17:10-16; Hebrews 9:24-28; Gospel: Mark 12:38-44....
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Refugees, Immigrants, and Jesus
On borders everywhere in the world today we find refugees, millions of them. They’re easily demonized, seen as a nuisance, a threat, as invaders, as criminals fleeing justice in their homelands. But...
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Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Discerning and responding to what God is doing in...
Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14; Gospel: Mark 13:24-32....
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Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Living the kingdom vision of Christ, here and now
Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Readings: Daniel 7:13-14; Apocalypse 1:5-8; Gospel...
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A reflection on Jesuit Social Services’ submission to the Senate Inquiry into...
Monthly Social Justice Reflection 15 Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system The political climate in which...
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The Sydney woman bringing freedom into prison
For three decades Margaret Wiseman has accompanied women and sometimes their unborn children in prison, seen God in the faces of convicted murderers, and deep inner growth in people she has heard...
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Caritas partners raise cholera alarms amid Sudan genocide declaration
Following months of deliberation, the US government has formally declared its belief that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are committing genocide. Makeshift shelters in a camp for Sudanese...
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I am, you are, we are Australian. A reflection for Australia Day
Fr Paul Marshall, Rector of Holy Spirit Seminary and Administrator of St Oliver’s Parish, Harris Park shares his homily for Australia Day 2025. The lyrics from the Seekers Song: “I am Australian”...
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Pope decries ‘major crisis’ of Trump’s mass deportation plans, rejects...
Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the “major crisis” triggered by President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting Vice President JD...
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Pope Francis supports US Bishops in migrant advocacy
Pope Francis addresses a letter to the bishops of the United States, expressing his support for their efforts to protect the rights and dignity of migrants. In a letter dated 10 February 2025, and...
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Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025
Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; 1 Cor 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 Living the...
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Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita (8 February)
Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita (8 February 2025) 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Readings: Jeremiah...
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Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025
Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Readings: 1 Sam 26:2-23; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38 Witnessing to...
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 2nd Sunday of Lent, 2025
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent 16 March 2025 Reading: Genesis 15:5-12. 17-18; Psalm 26; Philippians 3:17 – 4:1; Luke 9:28-36 Listen at Soundcloud.com In today’s first reading from Genesis we...
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Migrant mass graves found in Libya shock the world
Bodies of migrants have been found near an “illegal” detention center in southeastern Libya and farther north toward Benghazi, along the route used by exiles from the Horn of Africa. How were these...
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“There’s No Part of You That God Rejects”: Holy Thursday in a Prison Chapel
Holy Thursday marks a liturgical threshold—a moment suspended between love and betrayal, intimacy and abandonment, service and sacrifice. This year, I crossed that threshold in an unexpected place: a...
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