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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
The rise of New Norcia and monastic life
The first monks to reach Western Australia were, to the best of our knowledge, the Benedictine members of the first missionary party that came with Perth’s first Catholic bishop, John Brady.
Bickering Bishops at the Swan River
In the middle of the 19th century, the Roman Catholic community of Perth erupted in bitter and violent division as two zealous but ultimately flawed bishops fought it out for control of the diocese. It was a battle fought not only in the congregation but in the colony’s fledgling courts and eventually on its streets as instructions from Rome – each time, nine months in the coming – were mischievously ignored or only selectively received. How had Bishop Brady’s optimistic if impractical vision for a mission in Western Australia gone so badly awry, and who was to blame? Historian and Adelaide-based Dominican Father, Dr Christopher Dowd OP, explains.
In Mexico, Catholics turn parishes into aid stations after hurricanes
Caritas chapters across Mexico have collected everything from canned goods to clothing for the victims of Hurricanes Ingrid and Manuel, which battered both coasts, cost more than 100 lives and left thousands homeless, incommunicado and possibly even buried beneath mudslides.
Dialogue for peace is religious obligation, pope tells leaders
Peace is so difficult to find because men and women struggle to stop focusing on their own interests long enough to listen to and learn from others, Pope Francis said.
Croatian priest killed during 1947 anti-church violence beatified
A young priest who was murdered by communist partisans during a wave of anti-church violence in 1947 was beatified as a martyr in Croatia.
Pope establishes advisory panel as permanent Council of Cardinals
Pope Francis made his international advisory panel on church governance a permanent council of cardinals, thereby emphasizing the importance and open-endedness of its work among his pontificate’s various efforts at reform.
Syria’s Armenians risk a winter without food, shelter in ancestral home
Thousands of previously middle-class Syrians now stranded in Armenia are rapidly running out of resources and could soon have no shelter, food or medicine, said an international aid group official.
Pope calls for less ‘Vatican-centric,’ more socially conscious church
In his latest wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis said that he aimed to make the Catholic Church less “Vatican-centric” and closer to the “people of God,” as well as more socially conscious and open to modern culture.
Interfaith hospital on Turkish border helps Syrians save themselves
Ahmad is head nurse at the mobile hospital, which officially opened Sept. 13. The doctors, nurses and support staff at the new hospital are all Syrian. They all left Syria reluctantly, fleeing the fighting that began in 2011. They saw the hospitals where they worked bombed, homes where they lived destroyed and sniper fire in Aleppo picking off one or two random civilians per day.
Furthering transparency efforts, Vatican bank publishes annual report
As part of its continuing efforts to promote transparency and to demonstrate its stability and adherence to industry standards, the Vatican bank published its annual report for the first time in its history.
