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Bishop Flores on King Herod and America’s sinful acceptance of the death penalty
Much of the discussion, often rancorous, within the church about the inadmissibility of the death penalty centres around the historical fact that Scripture and tradition acknowledge the authority of...
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A reflection for International Migrants Day and Human Solidarity Day
18 December is the United Nations’ International Migrants Day 20 December is the United Nations’ International Human Solidarity Day Solidarity is a strong word. It summons up images of striking...
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Reframing the Catholic spectrum into a polyhedron
The year 2020 has revealed much division among Catholics in the United States. Members of the Church—clergy, hierarchy, and laity—demonstrated numerous rifts in their incongruent and contradictory...
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New drops this week on The Well
What’s New in The Well: God’s Plan for Mary Throughout time the spirit has accompanied countless people of God. One of the most significant being Mary, the mother of Jesus. Watch this beautiful...
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Mary Ward International Australia Launches 2020 Christmas Appeal
With India at the epicentre of COVID-19, Mary Ward International Australia (MWIA) calls on the support of all Australians who are in a position to give. MWIA’s 2020 Christmas Appeal seeks to help...
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Fr Frank’s Homily – 20 December 2020
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-16; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 20 December 2020 Ursula Fanthorpe started life as a poet when she worked as a receptionist at a...
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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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Pope to UN Climate Summit: ‘Now is time to change direction’
Pope Francis sends a video message to participants in the UN’s virtual climate summit, and highlights the Holy See’s efforts to promote a “culture of care” in order to combat climate change. “The...
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Holy See: ‘COVID-19 vaccines must be accessible to all’
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič highlights the need for intensified international cooperation and multilateral efforts to fully respect fundamental human rights and guarantee accessibility to the COVID-19...
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Aussie Christmas ‘miracle’ for Iraqi refugees
After fleeing war-ravaged Iraq, then enduring nine years in limbo in Jordan while seeking asylum, an Australian Christmas ‘miracle’ awaited single father Yousif and his daughter Angelina. Yousif, now...
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Catholic religious urge Australian Government to release asylum seekers and...
Catholic Religious Australia has written to the Prime Minister and to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs urging the Government to show mercy towards asylum-seekers...
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Support people living with disabilities this Christmas
This Christmas, Caritas Australia is shining the light on the many vulnerable people living with disabilities around the world. For people living with disability in Vietnam, the added challenges of...
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Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) holds first webinar
2020 has been an extremely challenging year for all – but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly felt by refugees and people seeking asylum. The Catholic Alliance for People...
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A Coptic-Catholic reflection on the meaning of Christmas
Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. (Matthew 2:14) As an Egyptian (Coptic) Catholic, the season of Christmas is always one of mixed feelings for me. Along with the anticipation of the...
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Be hope in the darkness
With thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in our midst, there are plenty of simple things we can all do to give hope this Christmas. Amidst the trouble of this year, Jesus coming to be God with...
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Vinnies welcomes release of second part of Inequality in Australia 2020 report
Claire Victory, National President of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has welcomed the release of Inequality in Australia 2020: Part 2, Who is Affected and Why published by the Australian...
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40 years after killings, Salvadoran city claims Maryknoll martyrs as its own
On a bright and clear afternoon, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walks into a cemetery in Chalatenango, El Salvador, and gently dusts off a white nameplate on top of a sky-blue block of tombs. He...
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Fratelli tutti: Pope Francis’ love letter to the world
Fr Satish Joseph gives us a rundown of why Pope Francis’ new encyclical Fratelli tutti comes at a time when we need to focus on the good of all peoples. Fratelli tutti is a signature encyclical – not...
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Caritas partners responding after Category Five cyclone devastates Fiji
Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the immediate needs of thousands of people in Fiji in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa, a Category Five storm which slammed into the...
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A reflection for New Year’s Day and World Day of Peace
1 January is New Year’s Day and the World Day of Peace New Year’s Day always seems awkward to celebrate. Doubly awkward, if we remember that for Catholics, it is also the World Day of Peace. It is...
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