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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
INTERNATIONAL: Many Sri Lankans still severely traumatised as first Mass celebrated after Easter attacks
Three months after the Easter Sunday attack (21 April) in Sri Lanka, where a suicide bomber killed close to 100 people, the first Holy Mass was celebrated on the 21 July at Saint Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, Negombo.
INTERNATIONAL: Pope urges Syrian president to protect civilians, seek peace
Pope Francis urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to put an end to his country’s eight-year-long conflict and seek reconciliation for the good of the nation and its vulnerable people.
Secrecy of confession must never be violated, says Pope Francis
In the light of “a worrying negative prejudice” against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has recently ordered the publication of a document affirming the absolute secrecy of everything said in confession and calling on priests to defend it at all costs, even at the cost of their lives.
INTERNATIONAL – With miracle confirmed in Sheen cause, plans for beatification can begin
With “overwhelming joy”, Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria has this week announced that Pope Francis had approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
INTERNATIONAL: Purging silence: Vatican expands abuse prevention to lay movements
Millions of Catholics live their faith through their association with lay movements and Catholic groups, but some also have lost their faith when they were sexually abused in those groups and felt they had nowhere to turn.
INTERNATIONAL: Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s remains moved to Peoria
As a small group of witnesses silently looked on, the mortal remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen were interred at St Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria late in the afternoon of 27June, completing a transfer from St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York that began early that morning.
INTERNATIONAL: Pope Francis to canonise Blessed John Henry Newman this October
Pope Francis will declare Blessed John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British Cardinal, a saint on 13 October.
INTERNATIONAL: Pope announces themes for upcoming WYD celebrations
Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them to walk.
INTERNATIONAL: Synod document raises possibility of married priests, roles for women
The Catholic Church must find ways to reach indigenous Catholics deprived of the sacraments in the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest, and that may include ordaining married elders, said the working document for the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon.
INTERNATIONAL: Vatican office: Gender ideology is opposed to faith, reason
Catholic schools must help parents teach young people that biological sex and gender are naturally fixed at birth and part of God’s plan for creation, said the Congregation for Catholic Education.
