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Catholic archdiocese announces sudden passing of 'generous' parish priest
2+ week, 3+ day ago (274+ words) The parish priest of Holy Spirit Catholic church in Amaroo has died suddenly. The Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn said that Father Troy Bobbin died "at Canberra Hospital following complications from treatment for recently diagnosed cancer". The parish priest was…...
Future Pope will 'welcome us back', sect priest says
2+ week, 6+ day ago (311+ words) A priest from a recently excommunicated Catholic splinter sect has told worshippers the breakaway group will be welcomed back to the church under a different Pope. The Society of St Pius X - a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics - was excommunicated…...
Pope Leo draws 40,000 at Barcelona vigil
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (292+ words) Pope Leo XIV has addressed about 40,000 mostly young people at a prayer vigil in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium, speaking in both Catalan and Spanish during the second leg of his week-long visit to Spain. The American Pope, who is fluent in…...
Pope meets abuse victims in Spain as some protest
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (395+ words) The Vatican provided few details of the meeting, which lasted about an hour. But it said Leo had listened to proposals to make Church safeguarding more effective, and promised to make it a safe space for all. Leo, on a…...
Why deferring to artificial intelligence might prove to be biblically stupid
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (800+ words) Did you know you can bet on 2027 being the year of the second coming of Jesus Christ? Many people reportedly have - Americans probably. I suppose this is barely more absurd than viewing universal healthcare as (a) communism, and (b) less of a…...
Pope prays for leaders to calm tensions on anniversary
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (332+ words) Pope Leo has asked that God will inspire world leaders to calm global tensions and reduce hatred in an address to mark his first anniversary as head of the Catholic Church, a day after he met US Secretary of State…...
Pope and first female Anglican leader pray together
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (472+ words) Pope Leo and new Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally have met for the first time in a symbolic encounter at the Vatican in which the leaders of the long-separated Catholic Church and Church of England exchanged gifts and prayed together....
Israel prevents Catholics from celebrating Palm Sunday
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (617+ words) Israeli police have prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism from the…...
The bones of St Francis to be displayed in Assisi
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (566+ words) The bones of St Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, are going on display for the first time, giving his hilltop Umbrian hometown yet another reason to welcome pilgrims. That's…...
Pope summons cardinals to help him govern the church
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (247+ words) Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world's cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican says. The consistory, as such gatherings are called, will be held January 7-8, immediately following the January 6 conclusion of the…...