12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (377+ words) Pope Leo XIV yesterday remembered the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and renewed his appeal for peace amid conflicts and violence around the world. Source: National Catholic Register. Speaking in English after praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered…...

12+ hour, 8+ min ago   (338+ words) A vegetable garden and orchard inside the Vatican walls, which historically provided food for the Pope’s household, is now cultivated using exclusively organic farming techniques. Source: EWTN News. The private garden covers almost 400 square metres of cultivable land inside the…...

3+ day, 12+ 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…...

4+ day, 12+ 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…...

5+ day, 12+ 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…...

5+ day, 12+ 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…...

6+ day, 12+ 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…...

6+ day, 12+ 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…...

1+ week, 12+ 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, 4+ 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…...