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Melkite bishop reflects on Church’s journey
Members of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference gathered in Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel on Monday for a Mass celebrated in the Melkite tradition. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Ordination a historic occasion for Maronites in Queensland
Fr Michael Khoury pursued his love for serving God and His Church for decades to become the first man ordained as a Maronite priest in Queensland. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Hezbollah accused of targeting patriarch in digital campaign
Hezbollah supporters have reportedly used AI-generated manipulated images to target Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rai, the Maronite patriarch of Antioch and All the East. Source: National Catholic Register.
Pope grants ecclesiastical communion to new Chaldean Patriarch
Pope Leo XIV has granted ecclesiastical communion to the new patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, His Beatitude Mar Paul III Nona. Source: EWTN News.
Archbishop Nona elected Patriarch of Chaldean Church
Archbishop Amel Nona, leader of the Chaldean Diocese of St Thomas the Apostle in Australia and New Zealand, has been elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Australian Maronites mourn priest killed in LebanonÂ
Australian Maronites are mourning a priest killed in southern Lebanon on Monday after an Israeli tank fired on a residential home where he had rushed to assist wounded parishioners. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Chaldean patriarch resigns after 13 years
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Louis Sako, the Iraq-based Chaldean Catholic patriarch of Baghdad, ending his 13-year tenure leading Iraq’s largest Christian denomination, the Vatican said. Source: OSV News.
Maronite youth gather for three days of faith, dialogue and fellowship
The 2026 Australian Maronite Convention brought young Catholics from across Australia and New Zealand to New South Wales, for three days of faith, dialogue and fellowship. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Brisbane Maronites break ground for new church buildingÂ
It was a packed church on Sunday for the Feast of St Maroun – one of the biggest days of the year for Maronite Catholics. Source: The Catholic Leader.