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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Working at home with children is hardly kids’ play
Everyone who has tried to work at home with kids in tow knows it can be more challenging than dealing with a child surrounded by confectionary at a supermarket check-out.
Christ stands beside us in every trial
In his homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton spoke about the immense compassion and mercy of God.
The work of the Church and the Spanish Flu
Over the last few months the world, has grappled to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, many parallels have been drawn between this current crisis and the outbreak of the Spanish Flu following the end of the First World War in 1918.
RECIPE: Creamy Quattro Formaggi Tagliatelle
This Italian-inspired four-cheese sauce (salsa ai quattro formaggi) is comfort food at its finest and works great with any type of pasta or gnocchi.
Notre Dame 2020 Fremantle Open Day goes virtual
The University of Notre Dame Australia is reinventing its Open Day experience for 2020 and hosting its first ever fully online Open Day from 10am to 4pm, Sunday 20 September.
Holy See offers observations on Royal Commission recommendations
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) has last week provided the Holy See’s observations on 12 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to the Australian Government.
New video aims to highlight important work of the Church in Perth
A new informational video that promotes the work of LifeLink is set to be launched in November this year.
Pope Francis to sign new encyclical in Assisi next month
A new encyclical titled Fratelli Tutti will be published next month by Pope Francis.
The Holy Father will travel to Assisi on 3 October to sign the encyclical, which will talk about the social, political and economic obligations that flow from a belief that all people are children of God and therefore brothers and sisters to one another.
Francis: ‘Gossip is tool of the devil to divide the Church’
Gossip is “a plague worse than COVID”, Pope Francis said, asserting that while speaking ill of others comes almost naturally, it is a tool of the devil to divide the Church.
Fatima
Fatima (Picturehouse), a fact-based drama from director and co-writer Marco Pontecorvo, recounts what may rank as the most remarkable series of religious events of modern times.
Namely, the 1917 apparitions of the Virgin Mother Mary (Joana Ribeiro) to three shepherd children near the Portuguese city of the title.
