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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Legionaries trying to recover from scandal
Legionaries’ letter to lay members details reforms order has made.
Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, greets Pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square in this 2000 file photo. Pope Benedict XVI has ordered an apostolic visitation of the institutions of the Legionaries of Christ following disclosures of sexual impropriety by Fr Maciel. Photo: CNS/C...
Church’s AIDS fight in South Africa impresses US prelates
US bishops’ delegation impressed with AIDS work in southern Africa.
Women cheer as Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde on March 17. The Pope said that the Catholic Church can help bring answers to the continent’s chronic problems, including poverty, AIDS and tribalism. Photo: CNS/Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press.
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Editorial: When fidelity to Baptism is a crime against the State
The world would be a much happier place if the prayer of the unpersecuted matched the fortitude and suffering of the Catholics (and others) who are persecuted around the world.
The one thing that Europe, Africa, Asia and Central and South America have in common is that Catholics die for their faith in all of them, though not necessarily in all parts of them.
This persecution is sometimes the ...
Our Lady embraces CWL
Women’s gifts highlighted at national conference.
Fr Tony Chiera, Vicar General of the Bunbury Diocese, with Anne Power and Barbara Paterniti, CWL’s outgoing national executives.
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Youth life movement spreads its wings
Pro-active youth to educate peers on the dignity of human life.
Matthew Restall.
Emily Dunn.
By Anthony Barich
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Celia Hammond to CWL: Helping decision-making, guided by love
While today’s women do not face the same obstacles to higher education as their grandmothers, they still face a darkness that it is the role of Catholic institutions to help them move through, UNDA Vice Chancellor Celia Hammond told the Catholic Women’s League Australia national conference. The following is an edited version of her speech.
Celia Hammond. Photo...
Powerhouse family unites
Every year, a mighty clan gather - a Geraldton institution. Anthony Barich was there to witness things first hand.
James and Maggie O’Brien’s descendants gather on August 30 at the little chapel of ease designed by Mgr John Hawes - a chapel over 200 of them restored by raising $10,000.Photo: Anthony Barich.
By Anthony Barich
On June 6 n...
Catholic marriage education renewed
Catholic marriage educators seek closer ties with bishops, renew identity.
Derek Boylen.
By Anthony Barich
Perth’s Catholic Marriage Education Services Director Derek Boylen has been elected President of the national Catholic Society for Marriage (CSME) Education in a move that will see the organisation have closer ties with th...
Words to help us grow…
The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our faith, the centre of
everything we do as Catholics. That’s why the re-translation of the
Mass texts has taken on crucial importance, as Anthony Barich reports.
Pope Benedict XVI gives Communion to a nun during Mass on the feast of Pentecost May 31 in St. Peter's Basilica. Photo: CNS.
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Debbie Warrier: Saying ‘I’ll pray for you’ really works
How I pray: Andre Sequeira speaks with The Record's Debbie Warrier.
Andre Sequeira. Photo: Debbie Warrier.
In the morning I bring myself into the presence of God. I begin with a meditation and the Mass readings of the day. If there are special occasions coming up for people I pray for them. Then I usually pray the Rosary on the train to work. I often ...