St Teresa of Kolkata is pictured in 1992. Photo: CNS/Michael Collopy Entries are now open for Australia’s richest prize for a single poem, where Australia’s top and emerging poets compete for the $10,000 first prize. Now in its 13th year, the ACU Prize for Poetry is open to new works on the theme of Belonging, inspired by a quotation from St Teresa of Kolkata: “If we have no peace, we ha...

By Justin McLellan , Catholic News Service The College of Cardinals has 252 members, but only 135 of them - those who were under 80 when Pope Francis died April 21 -- are eligible to enter the conclave May 7, 2025, to elect a new pope. The country count may differ based on whether one considers where the cardinal was born or where he exercises his ministry. Graphic: CNS/Jerome Podojil, USCC...

Photo: Lucy Harris. The Disciples of Jesus Covenant Community performed their annual Passion Play on Good Friday 18 April at Holy Spirit Primary School oval in City Beach. The play has been held annually on Good Friday and in Fremantle on Holy Saturday for the past thirty years. It was first presented in 1995, written by Gabrielle Streat (nee Stone).  Friday's presentation was attende...

Is God Calling You? Are you wondering about your purpose in life? Thinking about the priesthood? Want to learn more about seminary life and meet men on the journey to ordained ministry? "Men aged 18+ years seeking an insight into seminary life and formation for the priesthood are invited to attend this 'Come & See' Open Day at St Charles Seminary on Sunday 18 May 2025," said F...

Embleton Parish Priest Fr Patrick Toohey. Photo: Bob Warchomij Embleton Parish has last Friday 25 April hosted a special ANZAC day service which included a remembrance ceremony for the Ukrainian soldiers and the Armenian genocide. Parish Priest Fr Patrick Toohey lead the service, followed by speeches from the City of Bayswater Mayor, Filomena Piffaretti, Salvation Army Lieutenant Pete Br...

Rich in secrecy and suspense – and endowed with the potential to alter history – the conclave process by which popes have been elected since the 13th century has obvious dramatic appeal. So it’s no surprise that conclaves have occasionally been portrayed on screen. Some depictions have involved real-life elections, others fictional ones – and the accuracy of the details on display has varied greatly.

Some eight staff from Holy Cross College Ellenbrook have this Easter been welcomed into the Catholic Church.

Ordained to the priesthood by the now Perth Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey in 2005, Fr Matthews began his priestly Salesian life undertaking a number of roles in Salesian schools in the eastern states.

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The instructions are found in St John Paul II’s 1996 Apostolic Constitution, Univer-si Dominici Gregis, which was revised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 and again just before he resigned in 2013.