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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Don’t let them take the little we have
With the two bigest sporting events taking place in Brazil over the next two years, Caritas is calling on FIFA and the International Olympic Committee to protect the poor from being evicted from their homes in the slums of Rio de Janeiro.
The Captain of Common Sense
Lighten up. Find some pleasure. Don’t be such a wet-blanket. In whose writings will you find these timeless tidbits of advice? Those attentive to his actual work, will find that Thomas Aquinas wanted to help people live a considered, holy life, writes Dr Andrew Kania, not a miserable one.
St Mary’s goes green for Eire’s saint
For many, St Patrick’s Day conjures up images of drinking, partying and the colour green. But as Fr Laurence Murphy SDS said last Monday, the festive occasion was also a hallmark of Christianity.
Trinity go the whole hog for blood cancer cause
Year 11 students Sheldon Dias, Mason Anderson, Liam Fernandes, Jesse Vivante and Rory Kendell raised over $4000 for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave.
Christ provides shepherds in the making for Perth
The future of the Catholic Church in Western Australia looks bright with a number of impressive new seminarians beginning their formation at St Charles’ Borromeo Seminary this year.
Student puts funds where her heart is
Touched by her visit to the Ronald McDonald House, Year Seven student from Sacred Heart College, Mia Agostino arrived at school recently with in a tin weighing 4.5kg, which held her pocket money from the last 12 months.
National shrine ‘fitting tribute’ to late pope, says USCCB president
The U.S. bishops’ March 19 designation of a center in Washington as the St. John Paul II National Shrine reflects U.S. Catholics’ love for the late pope, said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky
English bishop says uncharitable use of social media a ‘grave matter’
An English bishop asked Catholics to use Lent as a time to repent of sins committed on social media. Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth described the uncharitable use of blogs, Facebook and Twitter as a “grave matter.”
U.S. lawmakers invite pope to address joint meeting of Congress
A bipartisan invitation to Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress if he comes to the U.S. in 2015 recognizes “the importance of the qualities” the pontiff embodies that resonate with people around the globe, said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.
Pope says it’s important to keep hope alive, have a sense of humor
At the end of his Lenten retreat, Pope Francis said he and his closest collaborators at the Vatican “want to follow Jesus more closely, without losing hope in his promises and without losing a sense of humor.”
