Eighty young Catholics from the Neocatechumenal Way have this month set out across Western Australia’s South West and Great Southern regions to mark the Franciscan Jubilee Year, the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. Photo: Supplied/Francesco Piccolo. Eighty young Catholics from the Neocatechumenal Way have recently set out across West...

Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn, centre, with Maida Vale Parish Priest Fr Benny Calanza, fourth from left, with acolytes and altar servers at the Maida Vale Parish Feast Day, Sunday 4 October. Photo: Eric Odong. “When Francis heard Jesus say, ‘Go and repair my house,’ he first thought about rebuilding a crumbling chapel. But gradually he realised that Christ was calling him to ...

Archbishop Costelloe challenged young people across the Archdiocese of Perth to become instruments of peace. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has challenged young people across the Archdiocese to become “instruments of peace” and people of practical compassion. Speaking to Catholic secondary school students from across Perth at the 2026 Secon...

By Courtney Mares Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of 22 March as Franciscan friars closed the month-long public veneration of the bones of St Francis of Assisi, which drew more than 370,000 pilgrims from around the world to pray before the beloved saint. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, who is president of the Italian bishops' conference, presided over the cl...

By Courtney Mares For the first time in eight centuries, the mortal remains of St Francis of Assisi are being exposed for an extended period of public veneration, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world to pray before "the Little Poor Man of Assisi." The bones of the beloved saint were unveiled for public display on 22 February in the Lower Church of the Basilica ...