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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
The return of domesticity
One of the clearest examples of the ideology of fulfilment acocording to the conventional orthodoxy of modern, affluent societies is to be found in the figure of woman and of the girl child. Today, woman finds herself torn between two expectations of who she is and what she is to do with her life.
400,000 brave wind, rain for WYD opening Mass on Copacabana beach
The mosaic of hundreds of national flags waving in the cold wind on Copacabana beach was symbolic, as pilgrims from all backgrounds, driven by a single faith, participated in the opening Mass for World Youth Day.
PNG ‘solution’ fundamentally flawed
The Federal Government’s new Papua New Guinea resettlement arrangements are based on a “fundamentally untrue premise” that it is wrong to seek asylum, Bishop Gerard Hanna, bishops’ delegate for migrants and refugees said this week.
Pope names Vatican diplomat to lead scandal-struck Scottish archdiocese
Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Leo Cushley — a longtime Vatican diplomat from the Diocese of Motherwell — to be the new archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Knights open youthful branch at Cathedral
A new Branch of the Order of the Knights of the Southern Cross in Western Australia was formally commissioned at St Mary’s Cathedral on July 14, 2013.
State of religious freedom in Pakistan considered ‘dire’
Panelists at a religious freedom session on Pakistan called for reform of the nation’s laws, calling the situation for minorities dire. In June alone, 47 religious minorities were killed in Pakistan, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Barricades against protesters put damper on pope’s well-wishers
The dream of trying to see Pope Francis up close ended at a police barricade for 74-year-old Odaleia Bastos. Bastos, like many residents of Rio’s Laranjeiras neighborhood, had hoped to see the pope as he entered the Guanabara Palace, the governor’s official residence, for his first official event in the city. Instead, she and hundreds of well-wishers were met with police security forces and riot police.
World Youth Day 2013 – Opening Mass
Pilgrims arrive on July 23 for the opening ceremony of World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro. Thousands endured rain and wind on Copacabana beach as they gathered for the event's kickoff and opening Mass.
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Ordinariate liturgy to be trialled in Perth mid-August
A liturgy incorporating Anglican patrimony will soon be trialled in Perth at the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross Parish of St Ninian and St Chad’s in Maylands.
Native Americans celebrate faith, spirituality at Tekakwitha gathering
Nearly 600 Native American Catholics from 37 states joined in the annual Tekakwitha Conference gathering in El Paso July 17-22.
