Tag: Hero

After more than a year of war and thousands killed or wounded, negotiators representing Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal.

The decades’ long campaign to make abortion unthinkable is gaining momentum after the inaugural National Life Summit held in Sydney on 30 November.

Pope Francis announced 20 November that he will elevate Acutis and Frassati, both currently titled "blessed," to sainthood in 2025, when the universal Catholic Church will mark a jubilee year.

With the theme "Come to Me, all You Who Labour," nearly 100 staff, from over 20 parishes across Sydney, answered the invitation of the Parish Renewal Team from the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation, to attend the second "Retreat Day for Parish Staff," held on the 14 November at St Martha’s, Leichhardt.

This trend, where the ink on a contract is barely dry before rumours of departures and early releases circulate, has me believing the very concept of a contract in the NRL is losing its meaning.

With two-thirds of the planet’s population yet to hear the good news, Global 2033 is aiming to spread the Gospel to each person in the world by 2033, fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission to make him known to all.

A crowd of young Catholics experienced the music of heaven in a sacred night to remember. Last night’s Fidelis event, organised by Sydney Catholic Youth, was a celebration of music that transcends.

If God intends for us to eat his body, and the Mass wafer requires gluten, why has he designed some faithful with a gluten intolerance? Coeliac parishioner Laura Bechara misses Lebanese bread and the Bread of Life most, but through her condition has found an even closer bond with her Lord.

Lebanon is a country already devastated by economic crisis, a political impasse and the largest number of refugees per capita and per square mile in the world which has now been inflated with the recent crisis and war.

The long awaited Cause of canonisation of Eileen O’Connor has reached a massive milestone in Rome. After many years of preparation the collected documentation has been presented to the Roman authorities so that they can weigh up the merits of the Cause and hopefully advance it to the next stage.

Maronite Eparch of Australia, NZ and Oceania, Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, joined Pope Francis in Papua New Guinea. From visits to youth, to the pope’s embrace of PNG’s rich culture, the message was one of ‘tangible hope’ and encouragement, Bishop Tarabay writes.

Before leaving Singapore, the most religiously diverse country on his trip to Asia and the Pacific, Pope Francis urged young people to approach others with courage and friendship.