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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Pope tells youths to play on Christ’s team, help build up the church
Pope Francis told young people God might have been trying to communicate something in forcing the World Youth Day vigil’s change of venue from a huge field to a long narrow stretch of sand and sea.
Pope commissions young people to be missionaries without borders
Pope Francis commissioned some 3 million young people to join forces and form what could be called Missionaries Without Borders. “Where does Jesus send us?” he asked World Youth Day pilgrims July 28. “There are no borders, no limits: He sends us to everyone.”
Pope urges Brazilian leaders to embrace dialogue, ‘social humility’
Speaking to political, economic and cultural leaders in Brazil, a country recently shaken by anti-government protests, Pope Francis called for a “culture of encounter” and said dialogue is the only way to promote social peace.
Pope tells Brazilian protesters to be peaceful, bring values to society
The street protests involving hundreds of thousands of mostly young people in cities across Brazil, and in other countries, are a sign of the youths’ desire for a more just world, but Christians must ensure the protests are peaceful and that efforts to improve society are guided by Christian values, Pope Francis said.
Twenty years on and families still must fight for disabled
Everyone connected to disability, writes Barbara Harris, is invited to a free forum on Tuesday, July 30 – a chance to meet and talk with others…
Pope tells Brazil’s bishops to speak with simple language, love
Acknowledging the Catholic Church’s heavy loss of members in Brazil over recent decades, Pope Francis told the country’s bishops that they must learn to understand and sympathize with the reasons for people’s disaffection and speak to them in a simpler language of beauty, mystery and love.
For many pilgrims, the journey of World Youth Day is ageless
In the sea of young people on Copacabana beach were many who said faith is ageless. “There is no age limit for youth.,” said Cynthia Doss, 54. “You are always as young as you feel, and age does not have an effect on our faith.”
Christ’s cross eases suffering, teaches love, pope tells youths
With his cross and resurrection, Christ promises to walk with and ease the burden of every suffering person, whether that suffering comes from violence, addiction, a broken family, hunger, persecution or the death of a loved one, Pope Francis said.
Pope tells bishops, other ministers fidelity is key to evangelization
With the young pilgrims of World Youth Day, Pope Francis was encouraging and challenging; with the bishops, priests and religious who minister to them he was firm and blunt.
Krakow, Poland, to host World Youth 2016
Krakow, Poland, will be the site of the next World Youth Day, in 2016. Pope Francis made the announcement shortly after celebrating the final Mass of this year’s World Youth Day before a crowd of more than 3 million people on Copacabana beach.
