Pope Francis will travel to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in January for his second trip to a continent where evangelisation is a big priority for the Catholic Church, the Vatican said yesterday, reports AFP on Yahoo7.
A group incuding Catholic and Anglican church leaders has accused the Abbott government of 'State sanctioned child abuse' in the immigration detention system, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Vatican has suspended priestly ordinations in the Diocese of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, according to multiple media reports, reports Ucanews/Catholic Culture.
Up to 1400 teachers and staff in 48 Catholic schools in the Canberra region will vote on industrial action from tomorrow after they receive ballot papers from the Australian Electoral Office, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
Medico-lawyer to head Catholic Health Australia
30-Jul-2014
A former medico-legal lawyer and Catholic hospital and aged care executive has been appointed as the new CEO of Catholic Health Australia.
CAFOD
30-Jul-2014
Cafod is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales, working with partners in more than 40 countries across the world.
Fr Tom Rosica on Catholic media
30-Jul-2014
Priest, journalist, and CEO of Salt + Light Television Network, Fr Thomas Rosica consults to the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications. He spoke to America magazine about the future of Catholic media.
The rather gloomy outlook of the Church meant that it was better equipped than most faiths to cope with the horrors of the First World War, writes Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith in The Catholic Herald.
Pope John Paul I beatification moves closer
30-Jul-2014
Pope John Paul I’s Cause is moving ahead, after Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, former Vatican Secretary of State, announced that the document advancing his beatification will be submitted this autumn, reports the Catholic Herald.
Where are Catholic schools built?
30-Jul-2014
About one in every five school students in Australia goes to a Catholic school. Brisbane ABC anouncer Jackie McKay decided to find out a bit more about how they plan where new schools should go in Central Queensland.
In a hilly, wooded section of central Massachusetts, a group of monks has embraced an old tradition they hope can sustain their aging members in a world of rapidly rising health costs, reports Reuters in The Huffington Post.
Hundreds of Christians and Muslims have taken part in a rally in London to show solidarity with persecuted Christians driven from their homes in Iraq, reports The Tablet.
Chinese police attacked nearly 1000 Christians who rallied on Kau Yan church grounds to stop the impending demolition of a church in Zhejiang Province, leaving dozens injured and hospitalised, reports Revolution News/Ucanews.
This wonderfully titled movie is a Danish film of the international best-selling novel of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the first of a series of books known as Department Q Novels.
History sometimes turns on tragedies. A random motorcycle accident last Sunday in England might change the arc of Pope Francis’ papacy in relation to ecumenism, writes John Allen in The Boston Globe.
Qld school shocked over staff sex charge
29-Jul-2014
The principal of an exclusive all-boys Catholic primary school in Brisbane has spoken of his devastation after a staff member was charged with the indecent treatment of children, reports AAP in Yahoo7.
The Independent Education Union (IEU) has been invited back to the negotiating table to discuss ongoing claims relating to employment conditions for Catholic School employees, Catholic Education Tasmania said yesterday.
Synod on family will be shorter than usual
29-Jul-2014
The Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family in October will be shorter than a usual synod and will include new rules aimed at helping the bishops grapple with the issues together, reports the Catholic News Service.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church has expressed its heartfelt condolences and spiritual solidarity to all the family and friends of victims of the Malaysian Airlines jet shot down last week.
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