By Archbishop Timothy Costelloe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYgu60INV0 Download the PDF Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we draw nearer once again to the celebration of Easter, I invite you to reflect with me, in this Jubilee Year of Hope, on the words of Saint Paul who assures us that "Hope is not deceptive because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by t...

By Bishop Don Sproxton Bishop Don Sproxton blesses a child during the Mass for the Day of the Unborn Child, Saturday, 5 April at St Mary's Cathedral. Photo: Ron Tan. As we come together to celebrate Easter, we are reminded of the central truth of our faith: Jesus Christ is risen! This moment, the Resurrection, is not simply an event of the past but a living reality that continues to tran...

By Bishop Michael Morrissey An Icon of Mary Magdelene with the resurrected Christ from a Melkite Cathedral in Haifa. Photo: Adobe. With jubilation, Mary Magdalene exclaimed to sceptical Apostles her great news, “I have seen the Lord”! John 20:18 The Apostles were still trying to process and understand their earlier experience of the day having responded to Mary’s previous declaration ...

By Bishop George Kolodziej sds Dear Friends Christ has risen! Happy Easter! God loves us - each of us - exactly as we are. That is a reason for joy! In the Gospel of John, Jesus promises us that his joy can be in us, and that this joy is complete (15:11). No ifs, no buts: complete joy. It is an extraordinary promise! And Jesus provides us with a way to connect with that p...

By Justin McLellan Pope Francis greets the faithful as he makes a surprise appearance in St. Peter's Square at the end of Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican on 13 April 2024. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media. Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering - it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week. "To carry th...

Director Dallas Jenkins and Actor Jonathan Roumie, who plays Christ in the series "The Chosen," are pictured on the set from Season 5. Beginning March 27, the new season of the hit series, which focuses on the life of Jesus and his closest disciples, will hit theatres in the weeks leading up to Easter, which is 20 April. The season will debut later in 2025 on streaming services. Photo: OSV New...

Bunbury Bishop Kolodziej SDS knocks on the Door of Hope, Thursday 27 March, at St John of God Hospital Bunbury. Photo: Michelle Tan. In his first public action as the new Catholic Bishop of Bunbury, Bishop George Kolodziej SDS has last month opened a new ‘Door of Hope’ at St John of God Bunbury Hospital. The opening of the Door of Hope explained Bishop Kolodziej, is being celebrated in h...

As part of the Day of the Unborn Child Mass, those who attended were given a flower and invited to put it into baskets on the sanctuary to remember children who had died at birth through miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion or other causes.

The Vatican Press Office said on 11 April that the Holy Father had asked his assistants to take him to the basilica to pray, and they did so.

Inequality in Australia, highlighted Mr Gaetani, is at a 20-year high, with single parents hit the hardest.