Catholic News from around Australia

Pope prays people stare less at screens, connect more face-to-face

Abortion hypocrisy on display

Plenary indulgences a “removal of temporal punishment of sin”

“Vincent’s miracle happened for a reason,” say parents after toddler’s near-drowning

Double standards on display in Wombatgate

Australian liturgists look at adding a new feast day for 1700th anniversary of Nicaea

Eastern Catholics help church be fully “catholic,” speakers say

In what does the suffering of the soul in hell consist?

Brisbane council wants rough sleepers out of parks – here’s what Catholic outreach providers are saying

International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney 2028 announced

Multicultural Mass brings 20 cultural communities to new Brisbane church

Pope Francis celebrates outdoor Mass in Timor-Leste with 700,000

Urdu-Hindi Catholic Masses now a reality in Sydney

Pope’s encounter with Muslim leaders in Indonesia was full of gestures of harmony

Christus Rex – It’s on again. A 90km pilgrim’s walk from Ballarat Cathedral to Bendigo Cathedral over three days to celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. Come and join the fun. Registrations are now open.

Heaven Has Music — Hell Has Noise

The kind of music that moves us tells us about who we are.

Aleena’s band of Tyburn “godmothers”

Australian Anglicans split over same-sex marriage

Since 1997, John Deacon has walked the streets of his parish with a message, blessings and prayers for neighbouring homes.

Eileen O’Connor ready for sainthood

Meet the five generations of women who have put their family and faith first for nearly a century: from 98-year-old Giuseppina Natale down to eight-month-old cherub Valentina Kristan

Every Christian, but especially seminarians, should set aside their screens regularly and spend time with a book of literature or poetry, Pope Francis said.

Every Christian, but especially seminarians, should set aside their screens regularly and spend time with a book of literature or poetry, Pope Francis said.

Melbourne’s 1956 Olympic Mass

We take a look at Melbourne’s own ‘Olympic moment’ in 1956, and the special Olympic Mass that was held at Como Park on the first Sunday of the Games, drawing 70,000 people.

The most common reason people give for never going to Mass

The most common reason people give for never going to Mass

“This is only the beginning,” Deacon Justin Faehrmann pledges at packed Lidcombe ordination

“This is only the beginning,” Deacon Justin Faehrmann pledges at packed Lidcombe ordination

If "dying with dignity" advocates were really pro-choice, they'd do this.
Bishop slams inaction on medication shortages for palliative care patients

Bishop slams inaction on medication shortages for palliative care patients

The importance of celebrating grandparents and the elderly

The importance of celebrating grandparents and the elderly

Three pieces of advice for pro-life professionals who want to speak out

Three pieces of advice for pro-life professionals who want to speak out

 New Law change in NSW will enable males to legally identify as females, access women-only spaces and sports. 

 New Law change in NSW will enable males to legally identify as females, access women-only spaces and sports. 

Traveling to Italy? Consider a stay in a religious house. It will be a lot cheaper than a hotel or airbnb.

Traveling to Italy? Consider a stay in a religious house. It will be a lot cheaper than a hotel or airbnb.

What the secular media is printing about Catholicism

What the Catholic church has to say about political violence and the need to forgive - even would-be assassins.
The Conversation

Archbishop Anthony Fisher homilies Catholic Archbishop of Sydney.

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