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Pope prays for missionaries slain 40 years ago in El Salvador
40 years after their death, Pope Francis recalls the brave missionary women who were brutally murdered in El Salvador as they worked to make the lives of those suffering the county’s civil war...
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Fairtrade Mission Wins Audience with Pope Francis
A Fairtrade International delegation has met with Pope Francis to present the work Fairtrade is doing around the world to promote fairer trading conditions for more than five million farmers,...
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Pope meets with NBA players’ union delegation at the Vatican
A delegation representing the National Basketball Players Association, a union representing professional athletes from the NBA, met with Pope Francis and spoke with him about their work in promoting...
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The Pope’s Revolution – what we need to hear
Pope Francis has set out a fresh and inspiring path for the Church which should prompt Australia’s Catholics to support environmental action as a central part of their faith. Two leading Catholic...
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Bring hope and joy this Christmas with a Global Gift from Caritas Australia
Most of us spend time and energy every year looking for the right Christmas gifts for our loved ones, yet annually Australians waste millions on unwanted presents. Unwanted gifts are not only a waste...
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News & Events Weekly Update
News and Events across the Diocese of Parramatta and beyond Diocese of Parramatta Notices Positions Vacant: Admin and Office Support – St Bernadette’s Parish, Castle Hill – Applications close 5pm...
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‘Waiting is never easy’– a post US-election reflection
As millions of Americans headed to the polls and the ballots began to be counted, Bishop John Stowe OFM Conv, Bishop-President of Pax Christi USA, wrote a reflection about how “waiting is never...
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The challenges of responding to COVID-19 in rural communities in southern Africa
Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in eastern and southern Africa, where communities that rely on small-scale agriculture for their food and...
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Cardinal Czerny: young people and migrants at heart of better post-COVID world
The Undersecretary of the Vatican’s Migrants and Refugees Section addresses participants at an online seminar organised by Sophia University in Tokyo, one year after Pope Francis’ visit. The role of...
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A reflection on Human Rights Day
10 December is the United Nations’ Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is a day worth celebrating. It marks a long history of struggle – for the right of people without property to vote, for example,...
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CSSA calls for urgent rethink on JobSeeker cuts
Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) has urged the Government to heed the findings of experts and its own reports and reverse its decision to cut the JobSeeker allowance next month. A number of...
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The Revolution of Mercy and a New Ecumenism
Msgr. Tomáš Halík ThD (1948) is a professor of philosophy and sociology of religion at Charles University in Prague and president of the Czech Christian Academy. During the communist era, he worked...
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Fr Frank’s Homily – 13 December 2020
Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent – Gaudete Sunday Readings: Isaiah 61: 1-2, 10-11; Luke 1: 46-50, 53-54; 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24; John 1: 6-8, 19-28 Mass for Installation of Parish Pastoral...
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A reflection on Human Rights Day
10 December is the United Nations’ Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is a day worth celebrating. It marks a long history of struggle – for the right of people without property to vote, for example,...
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CSSA calls for urgent rethink on JobSeeker cuts
Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) has urged the Government to heed the findings of experts and its own reports and reverse its decision to cut the JobSeeker allowance next month. A number of...
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The Revolution of Mercy and a New Ecumenism
Msgr. Tomáš Halík ThD (1948) is a professor of philosophy and sociology of religion at Charles University in Prague and president of the Czech Christian Academy. During the communist era, he worked...
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Fr Frank’s Homily – 13 December 2020
Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent – Gaudete Sunday Readings: Isaiah 61: 1-2, 10-11; Luke 1: 46-50, 53-54; 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24; John 1: 6-8, 19-28 Mass for Installation of Parish Pastoral...
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News & Events Weekly Update
News and Events across the Diocese of Parramatta and beyond Diocese of Parramatta Notices Positions Vacant: Sacramental Coordinator (part-time) – Mary, Queen of the Family Parish, Blacktown –...
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Contempt is not the way of Christ
Sometime after the 2012 US election, I made a commitment that has continued to inform my conscience and my approach to politics and society ever since: I chose to step away. I was something of a...
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Church teaches that welcoming migrants is a moral imperative
Contrary to what some believe, Pope Francis’ did not invent the Vatican’s policy on accepting immigrants and refugees There’s probably no pope who is associated with the question of migration more...
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