Talk to us
CathNews, the most frequently visited Catholic website in Australia, is your daily news service featuring Catholics and Catholicism from home and around the world, Mass on Demand and on line, prayer, meditation, reflections, opinion, and reviews. And, what's more - it's free!
Pope prepares to embark on longest trip of his pontificate
Pope Francis will next week begin his two-week apostolic visit to Asia and Oceania, in a trip expected to include religious, economic and social contrasts. Source: CNS.
Pope prays with bereaved families amid ongoing turmoil in Lebanon
Pope Francis has met with 30 relatives of victims of the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in a private audience at the Vatican, expressing his sorrow and closeness with families suffering due to the ongoing political turmoil in Lebanon. Source: CNA.
Pope to politicians: Build a world marked by fraternity, justice, and peace
Pope Francis called the heart of war an “abyss of evil” during a meeting with international Catholic politicians and legislators at the Vatican on Saturday. Source: CNA.
Pope speaks out against Ukrainian law banning Russian Orthodox Church
Pope Francis has spoken out about a Ukrainian law that bans the Russian Orthodox Church and affiliation with it because of its official support of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Source: OSV News.
Spread the fragrance of holiness in the Church and the world: Pope
A person who lives with the joy of their anointing in the sacrament of Confirmation cannot help but spread the fragrance of holiness in the Church and the world, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNA.
Pope discusses climate change with Amazon chief
Pope Francis met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, at the Vatican to discuss climate change. Source: OSV News.
Pope says Catholics should ‘collectively call for the abolition of the death penalty’
Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope Francis has written in the preface to a new book on prison chaplaincy. Source: NCR Online.
Pope Francis reflects on ‘the miracle of the Eucharist’
The Eucharist is a miracle in which Jesus nourishes us with his life and satisfies the hunger in our heart, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNA.
Pope entrusts war-torn countries to Mary’s care
Mary is not a “motionless wax statue” but a disciple who wants to share the good news of Jesus with everyone and reaches out to help and comfort them, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: OSV News.