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Pope: more Church sectors needed in fight against human trafficking
Pope Francis on 26 September met participants in the general assembly of Talitha Kum, a worldwide network of religious congregations fighting against trafficking in human persons. He urged more...
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Pope unveils sculpture commemorating migrants and refugees
Following the celebration of Mass and the recitation of the Angelus, Pope Francis unveils a sculpture entitled “Angels Unawares” by Canadian artist, Timothy Schmaltz, in St Peter’s Square. “Angels...
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Pope urges young people to be part of ‘revolution of tenderness’
Pope Francis receives members of the “Centro Social Padre David de Oliveira Martins” of Braga, in Portugal, and tells the young people not to be afraid to participate in the “revolution” to which...
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World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2019
“It is not just about migrants” Reflections on World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2019 It’s also about our fears GOSPEL “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid” (Mt 14,27) POPE FRANCIS...
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International Day of Older Persons
October 1 is the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons This year, the International Day of Older Persons has coincided with the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and...
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Catechists celebrate annual CCD Mass
More than 500 Special Religious Education teachers (SRE/catechists) from the Diocese of Parramatta have gathered for the annual Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) Mass and Awards Ceremony....
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Pakistani Archbishop raises alarm of kidnapping and forced conversions of...
A surge in under-age Christian and Hindu girls in Pakistan being kidnapped, raped and forced to marry and convert to Islam has been condemned by one of the country’s leading bishops. In an interview...
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Memory at heart of Pope’s message for World Communications Day message
“So that you can tell your son and grandson.” Life creates history. This is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 54th World Day of Social Communications, celebrated on 24 January 2020 in the...
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Oakhill on a Mission to Make a Difference
Students and staff from Oakhill College have recently raised approximately $50,000 to help support our twin De La Salle schools in Pakistan and Papua New Guinea. Mission Action Week, held during...
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Australian Religious Recognised in Rome for Outstanding Contribution Against...
Sr Louise Cleary CSB was recognised at the opening ceremony of the Talitha Kum General Assembly, the International Network of Consecrated Life Against Trafficking in Persons, which was held in Rome,...
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Joint Season of Creation statement from Archbishops of Brisbane and Suva
THE SEASON OF CREATION Joint Statement 20 September 2019 In Laudato Si the Holy Spirit has inspired Pope Francis to speak not as a scientist, a politician or an economist but as an apostle whose...
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A father to the children no one wants
Fr Renato Chiera has been working in the favelas, or depressed areas, of Brazil since 1978. An Italian missionary, he calls himself a street priest who tries to be a Christian in the peripheries of...
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Amazon Synod Day 8: Leaving room for the abundant outpouring of the Spirit
Pope Francis attended the 12th and final General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops on Tuesday afternoon. There were 173 Synod Fathers present. On Wednesday morning, Synod participants return to...
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Amazon Synod Day 8: The need for a permanent episcopal Pan-Amazonian structure
The 11th General Congregation of the Special Synod for the Amazon Region on the theme “Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology” took place in the Vatican on Tuesday 15...
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Pope’s Message for World Food Day: Wasting the bread of the poor
Pope Francis sends a message to the FAO Director General, Qu Dongyu, for World Food Day, expressing his concern for the “distorted relationship between food and nutrition.” Pope Francis begins his...
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St Patrick’s Guildford responding to Laudato Si’ through community garden
The St Patrick’s Community Garden, Guildford, is an initiative started up by Social Justice Group to develop community life in the parish and in response to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’...
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Government increasingly isolated in opposing Newstart boost
The Senate Community Affairs References Committee’s inquiry into the adequacy of Newstart is now under way, with some 70 submissions received. The Committee chair, Senator Rachel Siewert, is by any...
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From the Coalface in Anti-Poverty Week
This year in Anti-Poverty Week, the National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society highlights case studies that demonstrate the extent and severity of hardship faced by people living on...
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Amazon Synod Briefing: Education and the rights of Nature
Synod participants continue their discussions in small working groups on Thursday morning, 17 October 2019, and a panel of experts share their experiences during a briefing at the Holy See Press...
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Amazon Synod: ‘For the first time the indigenous are the subjects of their...
Missionary Father Peter Hughes, says the Amazon Synod is finally giving the people of the Amazon the occasion to make their voices heard and to engage all of us in caring for our Common Home. One of...
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