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NATIONAL: Pope Francis appoints auxiliary bishop for Sydney
Fr Tony Percy is currently the parish priest in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn parish of St Gregory’s, Queanbeyan.
Religious, civic leaders urge calm after Sydney stabbings
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference offers its prayers and condolences in the wake of the Bondi Junction attack. Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, said it was a time of mourning for all Australians.
Statement on the death of Cardinal George Pell
Cardinal Pell’s impact on the life of the Church in Australia and around the world will continue to be felt for many years.
Sydney Archbishop delivers inaugural symposium lecture in honour of St John Henry Newman
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has told leaders and students of Australia’s two Catholic universities seven reasons why the pursuit of Catholic higher education is necessary in a world increasingly antagonistic to Christian values.
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Council re-imagines the Church through a missionary lens
Archbishop Costelloe encouraged Members to believe that what the Archangel Gabriel said to the Blessed Virgin Mary is true for them today: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow.”
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Virgin Mary’s Protection invoked
In his homily for the votive Mass Friday 8 July at the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council, Ballarat Bishop Paul Bird said the mother of Jesus is with us, as she was with those first disciples. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC.
Members
of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia should persevere in their prayers to
the Mother of God, Bishop Paul Bird CSsR said on Friday morning.
The
Bisho...
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Blessed Peter To Rot hailed as model of fidelity
Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand, Cardinal John Dew gave the homily at the Mass on Thursday 7 July, for the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council at Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC.
Those gathered for the
Fifth Plenary Council of Australia are following in the footsteps of the early
Christians, Cardinal John Dew said at Mass on Thursday evening.
The Arc...
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Day 5 Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIYrIC7Fxc0
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Day 2 Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsSmZ8EiSBI
Fr Danny Meagher named Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
Father Danny Meagher will be installed as an Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney on 8 December, serving alongside Bishop’s Terry Brady and Richard Umbers. Photo: Supplied.
Pope
Francis has appointed Sydney priest Fr Danny Meagher, the former rector of Good
Shepherd Seminary, an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney, the
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) confirmed on 18 November.
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