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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Syria’s war creates havoc, priest’s whereabouts unknown, nuncio says
The war in Syria is like a factory churning out nothing but death, destruction and suffering, said Archbishop Mario Zenari, Vatican nuncio to Syria. Even though the Vatican was unable to confirm July 30 news reports that a Jesuit priest had been kidnapped in Syria, the nuncio said hundreds of innocent people there find themselves abducted for political leverage or economic extortion.
At least 38 pilgrims killed in crash after visiting Padre Pio shrine
At least 38 pilgrims were killed on their way home from the Padre Pio shrine when their bus plunged off an elevated highway. Another 19 people were reported seriously injured, including passengers of nearby vehicles. Only 11 people were pulled alive from the wreckage, Vatican Radio and other news outlets reported.
Vatican bank launches website to boost transparency, media relations
In an effort to shake its image as a secretive, scandal-ridden institute and improve its relationship with the media, the Vatican bank has launched its own website.
Pope tells youths to play on Christ’s team, help build up the church
Pope Francis told young people God might have been trying to communicate something in forcing the World Youth Day vigil’s change of venue from a huge field to a long narrow stretch of sand and sea.
Pope commissions young people to be missionaries without borders
Pope Francis commissioned some 3 million young people to join forces and form what could be called Missionaries Without Borders. “Where does Jesus send us?” he asked World Youth Day pilgrims July 28. “There are no borders, no limits: He sends us to everyone.”
Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make slim
The astonishing variety of weight-loss devices tells us something about false gods. Spiritual health is much more important.
Pope urges Brazilian leaders to embrace dialogue, ‘social humility’
Speaking to political, economic and cultural leaders in Brazil, a country recently shaken by anti-government protests, Pope Francis called for a “culture of encounter” and said dialogue is the only way to promote social peace.
Pope tells Brazilian protesters to be peaceful, bring values to society
The street protests involving hundreds of thousands of mostly young people in cities across Brazil, and in other countries, are a sign of the youths’ desire for a more just world, but Christians must ensure the protests are peaceful and that efforts to improve society are guided by Christian values, Pope Francis said.
Twenty years on and families still must fight for disabled
Everyone connected to disability, writes Barbara Harris, is invited to a free forum on Tuesday, July 30 – a chance to meet and talk with others…
Pope tells Brazil’s bishops to speak with simple language, love
Acknowledging the Catholic Church’s heavy loss of members in Brazil over recent decades, Pope Francis told the country’s bishops that they must learn to understand and sympathize with the reasons for people’s disaffection and speak to them in a simpler language of beauty, mystery and love.
