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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Agency seeks donations for emergency aid for fleeing Iraqi Christians
A U.S.-based international Catholic agency July 28 issued a plea for emergency funds to help tens of thousands of Christians forced to flee their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Personal Advocacy celebrates Silver Jubilee
Personal Advocacy Service (PAS), the Archdiocese’s outreach agency which provides one-to-one friendships and support within many parishes for people with intellectual disabilities, has spent the month of July celebrating its 25th anniversary in the company of past and present families and friends.
Physios get a welcome boost thanks to UNDA lecturer
School of Physiotherapy Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame’s Fremantle campus Jennifer Persaud has made a significant contribution towards a process which has resulted in the delivery of greater professional rewards and workplace entitlements for Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapists (APP).
New book a practical handbook on evangelisation
What if your parish were to set up a stall in the shopping mall offering people information about the Catholic Faith? What if we went out and knocked on people’s doors to explain our faith? What if we really penetrated the social media to proclaim Christ’s Gospel and the Faith?
The necessity of good priestly ministry
Dr Andrew Kania writes about the culture of priestly clericalism and its connection with Pope St Gregory the Great.
Cathedral rector named auxiliary bishop of U.S. Syro-Malabar diocese
Pope Francis has appointed the rector of the Syro-Malabar cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois, to be an auxiliary bishop for the Chicago-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of St. Thomas.
Christian groups urge Obama to take action to stop violence in Gaza
U.S. Christian organizations called on President Barack Obama to take direct action to stop the current violence in the Gaza Strip and to work toward a just peace for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Holy Land priests on both sides try to help parishioners confront war
Two priests on either side of the Gaza border are trying to help their small communities confront the realities of war.
Catholic mask: Italian bishops try to reveal truth behind mafia’s faith
The godfather who stands up for a child’s baptism one day and spends the rest of the week running a brutal crime ring unfortunately is not the stuff of movies.
Free from ordeal in Sudan, woman condemned for apostasy meets pope
Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Meriam Ibrahim for her steadfast witness to Christ.
