Fr Dean Marin, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, invoked the spirit of the Gettysburg Address in his Anzac Day homily, to reflect on the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East. The homily is published in full.
Pope Leo XIV spoke bluntly about war, migration and same-sex blessings during a 20-minute in-flight press conference on his return home from Africa.
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It’s been a big year for the Catholic Church. First we had the admission to hospital of Pope Francis on Valentine’s Day and daily reports on social media of his condition until he was discharged after 38 days.
Jesuit lawyer and author, Father Frank Brennan, says the Catholic Church is in a “new space” with the transition from Pope Francis to Pope Leo XIV and “none of us quite knows in what direction the Church is going”.
Children at St Augustine’s Parish School in Salisbury learn all they can about the first pope from the Order of Saint Augustine.
The Inauguration Mass for Pope Leo XIV reflected the Holy Father’s call for unity and communion across our world, said Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB.
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