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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Pope: Bishops are pastors, not princes; be humble, loving, return calls
Don’t be on the road all the time, aloof or deaf to people’s needs; be simple, loving and always close by, just like a spouse would be for his wife, Pope Francis told new bishops.
Pope says focus on morality can obscure Gospel message
In a lengthy and wide-ranging interview with one of his Jesuit confreres, Pope Francis spoke with characteristic frankness about the perils of overemphasizing Catholic teaching on sexual and medical ethics; the reasons for his deliberate and consultative governing style; and his highest priority for the church today.
Hidden away behind pope’s summer residence is land of milk and honey
As the thick, dark amber flow rippled into the container, Vincenzo Scaccioni, the head of agricultural operations at the pontifical villa of Castel Gandolfo, said: “This is a historic moment.” It was historic because it was the year’s first honey harvest for the new pope by the little known, but very busy, papal bees.
Healing of broken families to close
Beginning Experience, a peer ministry that has been offering hope and faith to separated, divorced and widowed people for almost 30 years, is sadly facing its ending here in Perth.
Pope says church should face wayward members like a merciful mother
Pope Francis said the church should approach its members with the face of a patient, merciful and understanding mother, who always forgives her erring children and never ceases to pray that they resume the path of Christian living.
St Charles’ students blast from the past
Father Patrick Cunningham, a past editor of The Record, visited St Charles’ Seminary to celebrate Mass and address the students on the early history of the seminary.
Many flood victims have lost all, but ‘still have the Lord,’ says woman
Mary Jurgensmeier, a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Greeley, Colo., said she knows people in her community who have lost everything.
Catenians back a science winner at St Norbert’s
Every little bit helps and recently the Canning Catenians have thrown their support behind a future young scientist, St Norbert College Year 12 student, Clare Bradley.
Deluded Miley a symptom of a wider, deeper problem
The singer thought she was, like, totally making history by being deliberately obscene. Sadly, she’s likely headed for its dustbin…
Wagga Bishop was ahead of his time
Bishop Bill Brennan was one of the most individual and interesting Catholic bishops of his generation, with an influence far beyond Wilcannia-Forbes and Wagga Wagga.
