In the small front room of an apartment in a middle-class district of Istanbul, five young men, some with university degrees or halfway there, talked about why they fled their homes in Syria.

Pope Francis will meet with workers, prisoners, the poor, young people, religious and other special guests when he visits the Italian island of Sardinia Sept. 22.

A veteran diplomat, the Vatican’s new secretary of state, plans to put the church’s vast global diplomatic network into high gear as champions for peace.

At the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane, the stone that traditionally has represented Jesus’ agony was scattered with notes in different languages — all asking for peace in Syria.

Pope Francis’ response to a request for a symbolic mooncake donation to prisoners in Hong Kong has generated excitement and a flood of cash donations since it was published in early September.

On August 22 a special morning tea was held in the Cathedral Presbytery for Fr Jim Petry who recently celebrated his 90th birthday.

Staff and students of Kolbe Catholic College at Mass on September 6 were sad to farewell Fr George James, then-assistant priest at Our Lady of Lourdes, Rockingham, who recently received another parish appointment.

Kelmscott parishioners bid a sad farewell to their humble little Church of the Good Shepherd last weekend, but celebrated years of planning and hard work on the part of many as they opened their new parish Church the next day…

The naturally retiring Angelo Bongiascia has been a part of the Good Shepherd Kelmscott parish since it was first established in the 1960s. He continues to serve the parish faithfully in any way he can, as Juanita Shepherd reports…

Nothing compares to simply being in the presence of Jesus and receiving what He wants to give, writes Geetanjali Arora…