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St Carlo Acutis farewelled after national mission
A four-month mission taking the major pilgrim relic of St Carlo Acutis across Australia ended with families and young Catholics filling St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney on Sunday for a farewell Mass. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Doctor of the Church focus of new documentary
A new documentary about the life of St John Henry Newman has premiered in Rome, marking the first celebration of his feast day since Pope Leo XIV declared him the 38th doctor of the Church in 2025. Source: National Catholic Register.
Assisi marks 800th anniversary of death of St Francis
At the stroke of midnight on Sunday, church bells tolled across the Italian hill town of Assisi to mark the 800th anniversary of the death St Francis. Source: OSV News.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen beatified at arena Mass
Archbishop Fulton Sheen – the American 20th-century theologian, evangeliser, Catholic communications pioneer, teacher and preacher – is now Blessed Fulton Sheen following his beatification last week. Source: OSV News.
St John Paul II’s Alice Springs speech resonates 40 years on
Catholics across Australia are being encouraged to mark the 40th anniversary of St John Paul II’s landmark speech to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Why September 17 is a holiday in Vatican City
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday, but in Vatican City the more significant celebration came yesterday on the Pope’s “name day”, the feast of St Robert Bellarmine. Source: OSV News.
St Carlo’s relic brings message of hope to prison inmates
A first-class relic of St Carlo Acutis that is in the middle of a four-month tour around Australia made a special visit yesterday to a correctional facility in New South Wales’ Hunter region. Source: Maitland-Newcastle Diocese.
Pope urges academics to ‘seek the truth courageously’
Pope Leo XIV has urged academics from Oxford University to “seek the truth courageously” in the footsteps of St John Henry Newman. Source: OSV News.
New documentary traces the life and legacy of St Teresa
An international documentary tracing the life and legacy of St Teresa of Kolkata premiered on Saturday on her feast day, in Kolkata, India, drawing more than 200 people, including dozens of Missionaries of Charity nuns and novices. Source: EWTN News.