In his 2022 Lenten Message, Pope Francis has said Christians are called to sow goodness their entire lives, but even more so during Lent.

Christians must resist “concupiscence,” the tendency to sin, which is a weakness that leads to “selfishness and all evil and finds in the course of history, a variety of ways to lure men and women into sin,” he wrote.

Medal of the Order of Australia recipient Brian Peter Landers AFSM OAM said that coming from a large family, and his faith upbringing naturally drew him to ‘lend a hand’, wherever he saw the opportunity to. By Amanda Murthy.

Crime writer Evie Howland is supposed to be planning the wedding of her dreams to her billionaire fiancé Daniel Bradley, but she’s seriously entangled in the 16th book of her successful crime series.
With a serious case of writer’s block, her protagonists are becoming almost impossible to wrangle.

The Knights of the Southern Cross (KSC) Education Foundation Inc have offered some 50 scholarships in 2022 to help meet the need to provide quality Religious Education in the Catholic school system.

The 25th anniversary of the establishment of the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life was celebrated by religious in the Archdiocese of Perth on Wednesday, 2 February at St Michael the Archangel Chapel. By Amanda Murthy.

Three parish priests are examining what a ‘slavery-proofed’ parish would look like and how to implement slavery-free parish morning teas during 2022.

With the support of their parish community, they plan to start the project on February 8, which is the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, Patron Saint of victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.

With the theme of Victory, this year’s Flame Ministries International encouraged those present
to always be mindful of Jesus’ victory in our lives with hope and joy.

The Catholic Church worldwide is showing good progress and “much joy” after the opening of the synodal process, but there also have been some “uncertainties” and challenges, said the ordinary council of the Synod of Bishops. By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service.

Catholic Mission are this year celebrating 200 years of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith, and the beatification of its founder, Pauline Jaricot in 2022 with a launch of a new monthly newsletter, Mission Today Digital.

The Identitywa community gathered for their annual Christmas Mass for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and then on Tuesday, 20 January, the Archdiocesan agency also officially opened two new homes to meet the needs of the people they serve. By Amanda Murthy.