Pope Benedict XVI this week called his recent visit to the Holy Land a “great gift for the Successor of Peter and for the whole Church”.
Choose humanity over technology, urges Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI has welcomed the outcome of the recent G8 Summit in Italy but has warned that “immediate intervention” and “lasting global solutions” are now urgently needed in order to end social inequalities and structural injustice throughout the world.
New Religious are non-white traditionalists
A new study of vocations shows that new members of religious orders are more ethnically diverse and more interested in traditional devotions than their predecessors.
Pope defrocks Medjugorje priest for ‘suspect mysticism’
Pope Benedict XVI has personally intervened in the laicisation of the first and principal promoter of worldwide devotion to Our Lady of Medjugorje, and expelled him from the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor.
Westminster warns Latin Mass supporters
The Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols told traditionalists that if they denigrate the ordinary form of the Mass they risk alienating themselves from the Church.
Icon painted for new Broome Cathedral
Recently Professor Roman Vasylyk, accompanied by his interpreter Bohdan Mykytiuk, visited Broome at the invitation of Bishop Christopher Saunders to paint an icon for the new Cathedral. Professor Vasylyk comes from the Ukraine and is a well known master of Iconography: the painting, or “writing” of religious icons.
Bishop warns on weakening religious freedoms
Bishop Christopher Prowse of Sale has vigorously defended religious freedoms currently enjoyed by the Catholic Church and other faiths in Victoria.
Port Stephens hosts national Church gathering
At a time when the Church is facing a number of significant pressures, over 150 parish leaders from around the country gathered to plan and reflect on the foundations and challenges of contemporary church life.
World religious parliament in Melbourne
Religious leaders, thinkers and interested people from around the globe will converge on Melbourne this December for the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. The world’s largest global interfaith gathering will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 3-9 December 2009, with other ‘off-site’ events being held throughout the city.
John Purnell ordained deacon in Rome
During his preparation for ministry, John has also spent time in Derby Parish in addition to accompanying the Cross and Icon through the Diocese in preparation for World Youth Day last year. Rev Deacon Purnell made a major contribution to the administration of the WYD pilgrimage when he showed outstanding leadership of the one hundred and twenty pilgrims from the Kimberley who attended the festival in Sydney in July 2008
