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Governor-General among Australian representatives to attend funeral

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the full list of Australian representatives set to attend Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday. Source: Sky News Australia.

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Funeral to be celebrated on Saturday

The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated on Saturday, April 26, in St Peter’s Square, the Vatican has announced. Source: CNS.

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Pope approves simplified rites for papal funeral and burial

Pope Francis, who will celebrate his 88th birthday in December, has approved simplified liturgical rites for the death of a pontiff. Source: NCR Online.

Bishops Funeral

Diocese farewells Bishop Kevin Manning 

Hundreds of mourners paid their respects to Bishop Kevin Manning, the second Bishop of Parramatta, during his Mass of Christian Burial on Friday at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta. Source: Catholic Outlook.

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Details released for funeral of Bishop Manning

Details have been confirmed for the funeral of Bishop Kevin Manning, the second Bishop of Parramatta. Source: Catholic Outlook.

Bishops Funeral

Much-loved humble pastor and ‘man of encounter’ farewelled

Archbishop Francis Carroll was remembered as a man with enormous capacity for the encounter of friendship at the Pontifical Requiem Mass held at St Christopher’s Cathedral yesterday. Source: Catholic Voice.

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Melbourne farewells ‘radio priest’

Melbourne’s “radio priest”, Fr Gerard Dowling, was farewelled at a Requiem Mass held yesterday at St Patrick’s Cathedral — the same place he was ordained to the priesthood 65 years ago. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

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Bill Hayden remembered as a ‘son of God’ 

Labor luminary and former governor-general Bill Hayden was farewelled by family, friends and political heavyweights at a state Funeral Mass at St Mary’s Church, Ipswich, on Friday. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Europe Funeral

Parishioners in Ireland to preside at funerals

Church leaders in Ireland are hopeful that more parishioners will step up and preside at funerals to ease the burden on overworked priests, with two dioceses already commissioning laypeople to take charge where there is no priest. Source: Irish Catholic.