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Archbishop Costelloe says Amoris Laetitia ‘a very beautiful expression’
Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation on love in the family, “is a very beautiful expression of the ideal of Christian family and Christian marriage” Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Tim Costelloe SDB said on Friday. Source: Vatican News.
Chaplains encouraged to accompany Defence families
Newly ordained Military Bishop Stuart Hall has barely arrived in Canberra, but he is already making clear how he intends to serve. Source: Catholic Voice.
Cardinal Mykola builds ring of hope in the region
Cardinal Mykola Bychok asked the bishops of Papua New Guinea and New Guinea to “pray for the peace in Ukraine, for the thousands of people who today continue to live in hope and wait for a miracle”. Source: Ukrainian Eparchy.
Archbishop Coleridge’s autobiography a ‘personal, spiritual, historic journey’
Many faces and names from the life and ministry of Archbishop Emeritus Mark Coleridge welcomed the launch of his autobiography, A Strange Way Home, at Australian Catholic University in Brisbane. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Retired military bishop reflects on 18 years of service
Long before Bishop Emeritus Max Davis led Australia’s Military Ordinariate, he was a teenager serving in the Navy and beginning to sense a call from God. Source: Catholic Voice.
Archbishop Costelloe discusses challenges facing Church in Australia
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe has discussed the challenges facing the Church in Australia in an interview with renowned Vatican journalist Gerard O’Connell. Source: America Magazine.
Puzzles puzzle solved
What to do with 45 completed jigsaw puzzles? Hobart Archbishop Emeritus Adrian Doyle decided to donate the puzzles that kept him busy during the Covid period to Catholic schools. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
No bishop walks alone: Pope
Everyone needs to feel there is room for them in their bishop’s heart, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Archbishop encourages parishes to ‘lean into’ their uniqueness
Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay sees the Holy Spirit moving in inspiring and encouraging ways across southeast Queensland as he marks his first year since his installation at St Stephen’s Cathedral on September 11. Source: The Catholic Leader.