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Pope elevates Australian-based Ukrainian bishop to world’s youngest cardinal
Pope Francis has elevated the Eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, Bishop Mykola Bychok, to the position of cardinal, during a ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Source: ABC News.
Spiritual home for Australia’s Syro-Malabar faithful consecrated
Australia’s Syro-Malabar Catholic community marked a historic moment on Saturday with the consecration of St Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Cathedral in the Melbourne suburb of Epping. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Sydney Catholics show their love and concern for Lebanon
Local support is growing for those killed, injured or displaced in Lebanon as the rise of violence in the country’s south between Israel and Hezbollah spreads to the rest of the country. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Melbourne’s Syro-Malabar cathedral to be consecrated
It’s been almost 11 years since Pope Francis announced the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle in Melbourne and tomorrow it will have its own consecrated cathedral. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Cardinal-designate Bychok describes his ‘very big week’
Cardinal-designate Mykola Bychok CSsR – the Melbourne-based Ukrainian eparch and the youngest of 21 new cardinals-designate recently announced by Pope Francis – has had what he described as “a very big week”. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Bishop Tarabay calls for prayers for peace in Lebanon
Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay has called on all faithful to pray for peace, as Israel began a “targeted ground operation” in southern Lebanon yesterday. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
St Rita to be patron saint of new Maronite church for Sydney
Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Co-Cathedral in Harris Park has announced plans for a new Mass centre in Sydney’s west dedicated to a popular 15th-century saint. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Premier, ministers pray for peace with Palestinian Christian community
Sydney’s Palestinian Christians said they were “optimistic” about peace in the Holy Land after NSW Premier Chris Minns and other civic leaders joined their community for Mass on Sunday. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Pope seeks unity in India’s Syro-Malabar Church
The divisions within the Syro-Malabar Church in India are the work of the devil, who has convinced some people, including priests, that their way is the only way to celebrate the Eucharist, Pope Francis said. Source: OSV News.