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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Pope joins pilgrims — via video — at Shrine of St. Cajetan
For the first time in 15 years, Pope Francis was not able to walk along the line of people waiting to get into the Shrine of St. Cajetan to listen to them and bless them.
At home and abroad, popemobile fills with gifts for pope
When he’s riding in the popemobile — at the Vatican or, for example, in Rio de Janeiro — Pope Francis uses his hands not just to bless people and hold the babies he’s kissing. He uses them to catch things.
Time for change
IMAGINE if Kevin Rudd had a legion of cronies who patrolled the streets of Australia in large army tanks, destroying anything and anyone who stood in their path.
Imagine if, when he ousted Julia Gillard as the nation’s Prime Minister, there were riots, chaos, looting and bloodshed all over the country.
It’s not a pretty picture.
But it’s the reality that the people of Zimbabwe coul...
Pope restricts use of old Mass by Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
Pope Francis’ order restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass in communities of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate addresses problems within the religious order and does not contradict retired Pope Benedict XVI’s permission for wider use of the old Mass throughout the church, the Vatican spokesman said.
Missionary activity is service to hurting world, pope says in message
In a world that often seems dark and full of suffering and violence, Christians can offer hope by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis wrote in a message for World Mission Sunday 2013.
Italian official says ‘it seems’ Italian Jesuit was kidnapped in Syria
After more than a week with no word from Jesuit Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, an Italian priest who worked for decades in Syria, Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said, “it seems he has been kidnapped by an Islamist group” that is a “local version of al-Qaida,” the terrorist group.
Madagascar archbishops confirm no contraceptives in CRS programs
Two Madagascar archbishops confirmed in talks with leading U.S. church leaders that Catholic Relief Services is not providing or facilitating access to contraceptives and abortifacients in its health care programs in their archdioceses.
Zimbabwean bishops urge political parties to accept election results
As Zimbabwe’s church leaders called on the country’s political parties to accept the results of July 31 elections, a spokesman for the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference said he hoped that the church can help mediate a peaceful resolution.
Pope writes to world’s Muslims at end of Ramadan, urges mutual respect
As a sign of his “esteem and friendship,” Pope Francis said he personally wanted to write this year’s Vatican message to Muslims about to celebrate the end of their monthlong Ramadan fast.
Motherly tenderness: Pope says church must embody, mirror God’s mercy
Mercy is a word Pope Francis uses often, and an attitude he believes the Catholic Church must embody and all Catholics must mirror.
