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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Pope denounces ‘multiplication of massacres,’ atrocities in Syria
Pope Francis called again for an end to the fighting in Syria, denouncing the “multiplication of massacres and atrocious acts,” including the suspected chemical weapons attack that left hundreds dead.
Vatican’s Year of Faith celebrations to resume in September
Vatican activities for the Year of Faith begin again in late September with an international meeting of catechists, followed in October by a Marian pilgrimage in the presence of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima and a celebration of faith and family life.
Ivory Coast bishop calls for continuation of reconciliation commission
A national reconciliation commission, launched in September 2011 after months of armed conflict over disputed election results, should continue working past its mandated closure in September, said the president of the Ivory Coast Catholic bishops’ conference.
Pope holds mini-audience for Japanese students
By Cindy Wooden
Not wanting to disappoint 200 Japanese junior high school students, Pope Francis held a special audience Aug. 21 in the San Damaso Courtyard of the apostolic palace.
The students from Seibu Gakuen Bunri Junior High School in Tokyo had planned their trip to Rome and the Vatican long before the Vatican announced that Pope Francis would not hold his weekly general audienc...
Vatican ambassador: World must help end Syria’s ‘serious crisis’
The Vatican ambassador to Syria said the international community must help find a political solution to the “serious crisis” continuing in the country.
Ukrainian Catholics dedicate new cathedral in Kiev
The Ukrainian Catholic Church dedicated its new cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, a move some hope will help the church being designated a patriarchate.
Officials dubious of retired pope’s extraordinary ‘mystical experience’
When Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in February, he made it very clear that he had done so only after intense prayer and that he intended to live the rest of his life praying and studying.
Teams find thousands of flooded-out Filipinos at parishes, centers
Teams of relief workers visited evacuation centers and Catholic parishes-turned-shelters across a wide area of the Philippine capital as they began assessing the needs of thousands of people who fled homes inundated by floodwaters.
Beauty and beer: Monks’ outreach is part of new evangelization
Even before retired Pope Benedict XVI set up a pontifical council for new evangelization and convoked a world Synod of Bishops on the theme, a new group of Benedictine monks was using Latin and liturgy to reach out to those whose faith was weak or nonexistent.
A house of love
Perth Deacon Trevor Lyra recently visited Vietnam with his wife Deirdre. Deacon Lyra penned this report for The Record. Meanwhile, the Sisters will visit Perth in mid–September and Perth Catholics will have a great chance to support their work…
