3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (751+ words) A former convent in Annandale is now a presbytery, parish office and gathering place for the amalgamated parish of St Brendan Annandale and St Michael the Archangel Stanmore and, for the people who worked for it, the clearest sign yet…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (200+ words) Peru’s port city of Callao is preparing a striking welcome for Pope Leo XIV ahead of his November visit: a 45.9-foot-tall statue that city officials say will be the largest monument to the pontiff in the world. Set to overlook…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (403+ words) A court in Hong Kong rejected appeals brought by Cardinal Joseph Zen and four other defendants who were convicted in 2022 for failing to register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters. The 94-year-old cardinal and four others – Denise Ho, Hui…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (765+ words) Last week we talked about the decline in Mass attendance in Australia, and some of the drivers for that. We see the decline and we grieve it. It seems wrong that people are leaving, and we feel like we should…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (155+ words) Decades of allegations, systemic cover-ups and canonical delays frame the timeline of the abuse scandal surrounding former Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik. Dating back to the early 1990s at the Loyola Community in Slovenia, allegations of psychological, spiritual and sexual abuse against…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (257+ words) An apostolic letter in the form of a motu proprio by Pope Leo XIV, “Mutua concordia,” published 29 August, amends Canons 106 and 126 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and grants the Synod of Bishops the power, through “an…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (200+ words) Pope Leo XIV called for a culture of love and mercy to overcome narratives that create enemies and drive nations toward rearmament and a “culture of power.” Speaking 22 August to thousands gathered for the annual Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples…...