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Eastern Rite Middle East

Cardinal Sako condemns ‘unjust’ court rejection of case against Iraqi president

Iraq’s Supreme Court has dismissed an attempt by the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church to overturn a presidential decree that removed his “institutional recognition”. Source: The Tablet.

Digital Life Eastern Rite

Good news: Ukrainian Eparchy launches website

The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania has launched its new website, focused on sharing the Word of God and acting as a “bridge to our people”, according to Bishop Mykola Bychok CSsR. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

Anniversary Eastern Rite

Ukrainian Catholic community celebrates 60th anniversary of cathedral

The Ukrainian Catholic community has celebrated the 60th anniversary of the blessing of the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Melbourne.

Eastern Rite

India’s Syro-Malabar synod allows civil marriage before Church wedding

The Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church in India has conditionally allowed Catholic couples to enter a civil marriage before solemnising it in the Church. Source: UCA News.

Appeal Eastern Rite

Maronite fundraising tops $530,000 and counting

A Maronite Eparchy of Australia appeal to help educate impoverished students in Lebanon has so far raised more than $530,000.

Eastern Rite Martyrs

Melkite Patriarch to visit Australia

Melkite Patriarch Joseph Absi will visit Australia and New Zealand in November and December at the invitation of the Pontifical Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need.

Eastern Rite

Maronite Patriarch’s visit turns stadium into cathedral for Golden Jubilee 

Ken Rosewall Arena at Sydney Olympic Park was transformed into a cathedral filled with people of every age and state in life for a Mass to mark 50 years of the Maronite Eparchy in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Eastern Rite In The Dioceses

‘Immense joy’ as Maronites in Goulburn-Canberra region get a spiritual home

In a ceremony infused with faith and reverence, the Our Lady of Mercy Maronite Church in Goulburn was officially opened on Saturday. Source: Maronite Eparchy.

Eastern Rite Middle East

Maronite event to help pay school fees of struggling families in Lebanon

Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay has called for solidarity and action for Lebanon’s education system, asking Australians to support struggling schools in the country. Source: Maronite Eparchy.