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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Charities prepare to mitigate impact of federal government shutdown
Catholic charities and churches across the Arlington Diocese in northern Virginia have been looking at how to lessen the impact of the government shutdown on the community.
Legionaries of Christ renewal goes forward with January general chapter
Members of the Legionaries of Christ will begin their extraordinary general chapter Jan. 8 to elect new leaders and approve a new constitution, the key step in an effort to renew the order after revelations about the misconduct of their founder.
The Church in the 19th century: at war with modernity
While the fledgling Catholic community in Western Australia was struggling with its own problems, the papacy of Pius IX – the longest in Church history – was getting to grips with revolutionary terror and the rise of modern philosophy and theology, writes historian Dr Robert Andrews.
Swan River’s tenacious woman of mercy
Ursula Frayne was no newcomer to missionary work when she stepped ashore in the Swan River Colony in 1846. Back in Ireland, the bishop of Perth had told her about more than 5,000 European children and millions of Aboriginal ‘heathens’ awaiting ministry and conversion. It was nothing like the reality, writes Dr Catherine Kovesi.
Despite dangers, church always assists world’s refugees, says prelate
Refugees and migrants pay the highest price in conflicts around the world and it is in the Catholic Church’s DNA to provide them humanitarian aid and prayerful support, according to speakers at a U.N. event Oct. 4.
Pope calls synod to discuss families, divorce and remarriage
The predicament of divorced and remarried Catholics will be a major topic of discussion when bishops from around the world meet at the Vatican in October 2014.
Salvadoran protesters demand archbishop clarify fate of documents
Social organizations demonstrated to demand San Salvador Archbishop Jose Escobar Alas clarify the fate of thousands of documents containing information on human rights violations.
More focus needed on how alive Catholic faith is in China, priest says
While the focus of the faith in China often centers on human rights issues, “we feel that the long and sustained faith of the Catholic Church in China is something that is not often discussed,” said Passionist Father Robert Carbonneau.
In Chiapas, Mayans get Mass, sacraments in two of their languages
Mayans who speak Tzotzil and Tzeltal will now be able to attend Mass in their language and even be married in a Catholic ceremony that follows their native tongue.
Church finds its feet through the sanctity of Griver
When an anti-clerical government prevented his ordination, Martin Griver turned to studying medicine. Before that, he worked as a clerk in an accountancy firm. They were skills which would hold him in good stead, more than a decade later, when he was called on to helm a rather difficult diocese, writes Odhran O’Brien.
