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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Deadpool 2 frolics with edgy humour, shocking moments
Beauty truly can come out of ashes as Ryan Reynolds reprises his starring role in Deadpool 2. Photo: Twentieth Century Fox/CNS.
By Matt Lau & John Mulderig
After the smash hit success of the original 2016 Deadpool movie, hopes are high for the sequel which again stars Ryan Reynolds as the wisecracking mercenary.
Deadpool 2 (Fox), directed by David Leitch, delivers on its promise...
ADULT FAITH: ABS and the Book of Numbers
By Michael Britton
The icon of Jesus Christ the Pantokrator in presbytery of church Chiesa di Angela Merici by unknown artist. Photo: Adobe Stock.
Is it no surprise that the latest findings from the census undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed the number of people identifying as “Christian” is waning. But it should be remembered that Christianity, as a derivativ...
MOVIE REVIEW: Victoria & Abdul an extraordinary true story of unexpected friendship
This British-American film is based loosely on a book of the same name written by Shrabani Basu in 2010. It tells the story of the relationship between Queen Victoria and an Indian Muslim commoner, Abdul Karim, in late 19th century England. Queen Victoria (Judi Dench), is lonely after the death of friend and servant John Brown, and she forms an ‘unlikely’ attachment to Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal). By Peter Sheehan.
Christ’s story does not end in the tomb
A weekly newspaper alone is no longer affecting all those the Church desires to reach, says James Parker in this week’s editorial.
Pope, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth have informal meeting at Vatican
In their first overseas trip in three years, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, met April 3 with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Pope appoints World Youth Day organiser to Parramatta
Bishop Anthony Fisher OP. Photo: Supplied.
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the bishop who organized World YouthDay 2008 in Sydney Bishop of one of the biggest dioceses in Australia.
Bishop Anthony Fisher OP, who at 49 is the youngest prelate in Australia, was appointed on 6 January as the third Bishop of Parramatta, a part of western Sydney that was separated from the Archdiocese of Syd...
Pell’s successor dies at 82
By Paul Gray
The former Archbishop of Melbourne, Sir Frank Little, has been remembered as a man who was happier being a simple priest than in being a leader burdened with the responsibilities of Episcopal office.
Archbishop Little died in his sleep at home in Melbourne last week. He was 82.
It was Archbishop Little’s resignation for health reasons in 1996 which led to the elevation o...
