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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
L’Arche has been led by ‘beautiful, gentle hand of God,’ says Vanier
Inside a rustic chapel 4,000 miles away from his diocese, Bishop Martin J. Amos of Davenport, Iowa, presented a peace award to Jean Vanier for fostering total acceptance of people as they are — with and without disabilities.
Brazil-bound youth blessed for WYD
‘Be ready, be open and expect to be surprised in the way God can work in your life’ is one of many messages that Archbishop Timothy Costelloe stated to the pilgrims travelling to World Youth Day in Brazil during the Commissioning Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral last Sunday, July 7.
Migration, development policies must put people at center, say speakers
Human-centered migration policy empowers individuals, promotes security and produces the best and most sustainable outcomes for all people involved, according to speakers at a U.N. event July 15.
Determined “softie” an inspiration for family, friends and community
Luigi Della-Vedova was a lively, energetic youth who grew into a man who was devoted to his family and the wider community. He passed away in June after a long battle with a rare motor neurone disease.
Archbishops call Britain’s new same-sex marriage law ‘watershed’
Britain’s two leading archbishops said the new same-sex marriage law represented “a watershed in English law and heralds a profound social change.” “The new act breaks the existing legal links between the institution of marriage and sexual complementarity,” said a statement by Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark, vice president.
Pope who can’t be pigeonholed bound to disappoint some, says cardinal
Many Catholics who identify themselves as either conservatives or progressives will be disappointed in Pope Francis, whose program of spiritual renewal, doctrinal continuity and emphasis on the poor fits none of the traditional molds, a top German cardinal said.
Seven acquired habits of highly ineffective people
Mariette Ulrich is still learning what works when it comes to life, and regrets she has a better grasp of what definitively does not.
Pope on the road: Vatican does detailed planning but expects surprises
While Pope Francis’ July 22-28 visit to Brazil has been planned almost down to the minute, the papal spokesman is certain it will be “a bit of an adventure.”
Small acts of faith vital, say Christian families in Israeli village
Every evening, Suhad Shunnara, 32, reads the Bible to her three sons and kneels with them to say the rosary. On Friday, she and her husband, Fuad, 40, send the children to religion class, and on Saturday, after Mass, they all watch a Christian TV channel together. In this small village of 4,000, where the Christian community totals 135 people, these small acts of their faith are not only a statement of their own beliefs but also an important way to instill in their children a love and understanding of the importance of their religious traditions to their own identities.
Pope: Elderly, sick, unborn, poor are ‘masterpieces of God’s creation’
As Great Britain and Ireland debate right-to-life issues in current health care policies and legislation, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics there to uphold “the inestimable value of all human life.”
