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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Professor Tracey Rowland to speak in Perth next Tuesday
Professor Tracey Rowland, Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Melbourne, is heading west at the invitation of the Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture for its sixth speakers forum on October 1.
Facing life as a priest, full of hopes
It is hard to believe that I am beginning my fourth year here in Rome, writes Mark Baumgarten in his reflection over his time in Rome and future.
Rare devotion available at Mercy CBD centre
For many Western Australians, their first encounter with the image of Our Lady of Lujan was in reports of a special Mass held in Rio during World Youth Day. This statue is very rare in Australia but Western Australian Catholics can visit one at the Mercy Heritage Centre in the CBD.
Tasmania receives leading prelate as Archbishop
The New Evangelisation has always been a major part of Archbishop Julian Porteous’ mission and will continue to be so in his new role as Archbishop of Hobart.
Bishops should consider apology to women: OPW
Australia’s bishops should consider making an apology for hurt and discrimination suffered by women, the director of a bishops-funded agency for women told a national conference, earlier this month.
A call to reorient our lives for God’s love
Nothing could have better illustrated in Australia Pope Francis’ call for Catholics and Christians to focus their energy more on the new evangelisation than last week’s comments by stellar Australian Rules footballer Gary Ablett as he won football’s highest honour, the Brownlow Medal, for the second time, wrotes the Editor in this weeks Editorial.
Philippine bishops call for release of hostages as gunfights rage
Bishops in southern Philippines have condemned rebels’ use of hostages as human shields in gunfights with government troops. The gunfights have escalated since Sept. 9 after hundreds of Moro National Liberation Front fighters reportedly attacked government troops who were securing five coastal districts in Zamboanga.
Pope, in Sardinia, denounces globalization and unemployment
Visiting an Italian region especially hard hit by the European economic crisis, Pope Francis blamed high unemployment on globalization driven by greed and said those who give charitable aid to the poor must treat their beneficiaries with dignity.
Agencies stretching to meet needs of Syrians displaced by civil war
Governments and nongovernmental agencies are struggling to keep up with the needs and pressures created by the displacement of nearly a third of Syria’s population because of the country’s civil war.
Pakistani bishops’ head calls church attack ‘shameful act of cowardice’
The president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference called the suicide bomb attack Sept. 22 at All Saints’ Church in Peshawar a “shameful act of cowardice,” adding that all Christian educational institutions in the country would be closed Sept. 23-25 in mourning and protest.
