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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Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
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Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
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Festival of New Life date announced
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(OSV News) – The situation in the Gaza Strip is “extremely catastrophic”, and people are dying not only from violence, but from preventable illnesses, said the CEO of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. “People are really losing their life because of no treatment, no medical care,” Sami El-Yousef, CEO, told OSV News on … Read More about Jerusalem church official: Gaza situation ‘extremely catastrophic’
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Pro-life leaders at the 51st annual US March for Life on January 19 said that a lot of work remains for their cause as the nation begins an election year, but they expressed optimism they can turn the tide of public opinion. Since the Supreme Court’s June … Read More about At US March for Life, pro-life leaders express cautious optimism about 2024 elections
January 21: Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm: 25; 2. 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Gospel: Mark 1:14-20. As a new year begins, these texts speak to us of the here and now, especially in light of who we are, and what is expected of us. This charts a … Read More about Life programme for believers
(OSV News) – In the shadow of darkness, eight children in Gaza City beamed with joy as they received their first Communion. As the world marked 100 days since the Hamas militants attacks that unleashed hell in the Holy Land, images of the children from Holy Family Parish – the only … Read More about Christians’ testimony in Gaza a ‘true miracle’ amid nonstop war
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Catholic Church should revise its celibacy requirement for Latin-rite priests, a senior official in the Vatican’s doctrinal office said. “If it were up to me, I would revise the requirement that priest(s) have to be celibate,” said Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Dicastery … Read More about Vatican doctrine official says priestly celibacy should be optional
January 14: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. 1 Samuel 3:3-10,19; Psalm: 40; 2. 1 Corinthians 6:13-15,17-20; Gospel: John 1:35-42. Considering the content of these texts, it is easy enough to comprehend how they make us ponder the vocation we have been called to follow. In this first reading, the … Read More about Called to follow the Lord
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