22+ hour, 49+ min ago  (733+ words) If you can kill a disbelieving American or European " especially the spiteful and filthy French " or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a…...

1+ day, 14+ min ago  (518+ words) Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly announced ceasefire in the Middle East as "a sign of genuine hope" after what he described as "hours of extreme tension," while urging a return to negotiations and calling the faithful to prayer. "Only…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (601+ words) There was a clear, profound moment when Reg Argana realised his 10-year marriage needed an overhaul." "I noticed that each time we go out as a family, I tend to hold my children's hands 100 per cent of the time,"without…...

2+ day, 16+ min ago  (420+ words) Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Australia and New Zealand has launched an emergency appeal to support Christian communities in the Holy Land and across the Middle East, as conflict and displacement intensify during Holy Week. The pontifical charity…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (230+ words) Members of the Secular Franciscan Order marked the Jubilee Year of St Francis with a Lenten pilgrimage from St Fiacre's Church in Leichhardt to the tomb of St Mary of the Cross Mac Killop in North Sydney on 21 March." Now…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (672+ words) A'solemn yet uplifting'Holy Week'concluded with news of Christ's empty tomb and the promise of new life renewing the hearts of the faithful across'Sydney and'the world.' This year, the Archdiocese of Sydney welcomed'a'record number of'nearly 460'candidates and catechumens in the church…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (376+ words) The Chrism Mass, celebrated during Holy Week, includes the blessing of the holy oil'for catechumens and the holy oil for the sick,'and the consecration of the sacred chrism used'by clergy throughout the year." It is also an opportunity for…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (790+ words) With some Christmas decorations still in place in Sydney suburbs, it was hard to believe the Lenten season was already'drawing to a close." How quickly we have moved from celebrating the birth of Our Lord to receiving the ashes and…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (293+ words) The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has argued for a 5 per cent rise in the national minimum wage." The ACBC has lodged a submission to the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review through the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations, in…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (462+ words) The Way of the Cross " and the third, seventh, and ninth stations in particular " has been an especially'appropriate Lenten'devotion this year." Every day, it seems, some new craziness erupts in the world, the country, or the'church. Every time we think…...