2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (342+ words) Everyone needs to feel there is room for them in their bishop’s heart, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News. “Love the people that the Lord has entrusted to you” and boldly bring the Good News of salvation to…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (421+ words) Pope Leo XIV dedicated his General Audience yesterday to the dignity of the human person, urging Christians to defend it in every circumstance with “the light and strength of the Gospel”. Source: Vatican News. Continuing his reflections on the Second…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (386+ words) Much work remains, but everything is being done to ensure Pope Leo’s visit to Australia in 2028. That was the message from Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, to a gathering of international journalists in Rome. Source: Broken Bay…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (257+ words) The Friends of St Augustine and the Australasian Augustinian Province have invited all laity to the 2026 National Lay Congress in Melbourne next month. Held every three years, the national congress brings together members of local groups from across Australia, as…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (331+ words) 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. On Friday, the Pope received a delegation from Oxford’s Oriel College, where St John Henry…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (395+ words) The Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand annual conference last week focused on practical solutions to some of the complex canonical and pastoral issues in the Church today. More than 100 people gathered for the society’s 59th annual conference, held…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (417+ words) For the past year, Mark Spencer has been one of the first welcoming faces many seafarers encounter when they arrive in Newcastle. Source: Aurora. Now, after 43 years of service with the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese, most of them spent in Catholic education,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (311+ words) A Chinese bishop has been ordained to lead Datong diocese in the northern province of Shanxi, the latest episcopal consecration under the Vatican-Beijing agreement on the appointment of bishops. Source: UCANews/Fides. Bishop Paul Liu Honggang was ordained on August…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (389+ words) Hobart Archbishop Anthony Ireland has announced the appointment of Debra Sayce as the new executive director of Catholic Education Tasmania. Source: Hobart Archdiocese. Dr Sayce, one of Australia’s most experienced Catholic education leaders, will take up the position in January…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (277+ words) Fr Paolo Liu Honggang was ordained bishop of the Datong Diocese in China’s Shanxi province yesterday. Source: EWTN News. The Holy See said Pope Leo XIV appointed Fr Liu Bishop of Datong on August 10 after approving his candidacy under the…...