Prayer is medicine for one’s faith and it reinvigorates the soul, Pope Francis said.
It is the remedy to rekindle this “tepid faith.”

The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening.

First Nations and senior faith leaders from across Australia and the Pacific, including prominent Catholics, have published an open letter calling on the Albanese Government to stop approvals for new coal and gas projects and end public subsidies for fossil fuel industries.

The Fifth Plenary Council of Australia and the global Synod on Synodality were key discussion points for Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Pope Francis when they meet this week.

Aldrin Veruela, 25, of the Philippines, poses for a photo Nov. 18, 2020, after losing his house to flash floods caused by Typhoon Goni. Photo: CNS/Jomari Guillermo, Catholic Relief Services. By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service The Vatican hosted the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change on the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the same day the Un...

One of the most difficult features of Volume Two of Cardinal George Pell’s The Pell Diaries is that readers know the end before the start has begun – notwithstanding that we are reading the journal of one who did not know the final outcome at the time.

The three-part series by Cardinal George Pell is a must read for every Catholic, writes Michael Britton.

Archdiocese of Perth Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Director Donella Brown offered her reflection on the 2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Conference Assembly, highlighting that as people gathered on the first day, there was a collective sigh that at last, we were here gathering, renewing friendships, and carrying on the tradition of storytelling and celebrating our Catholic faith and Aboriginal Culture.

Continuing his series of talks about discernment, Pope Francis has this week said it is an important process for trying to understand “what is happening inside of us, our feelings and ideas, and we have to discern where (these things) come from, where they are taking me and what decision” needs to be made.

Volume One of his prison diaries states, “No matter what you are going through, the Father has allowed it, for one reason or another.”

The three-part series by Cardinal George Pell is a must read for every Catholic, writes Michael Britton.

A multi-faith service will this month be held in Perth’s St Mary’s Cathedral in support of calls for an end to approvals for new coal and gas projects and to public subsidies for fossil fuel industries.