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Mar Paul III Nona installed as Patriarch of Chaldean Church
The new head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, who was previously based in Australia, has been formally installed in Iraq as the Church’s Patriarch. Source: CathNews NZ.
Young Maronites present their views to PM in Canberra
A group of young Maronite Australians from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane gathered in Canberra on Tuesday, under the leadership of Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, for the inaugural Maronite Youth in Parliament Summit.
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.