For over a year, the National Guard, which defended the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, has been in Russian captivity. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the fate of the defenders remains unknown. Thus, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) asks the faithful to pray for their liberation. At the end of Read more
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Chaplain awarded £10k after NHS Trust said diversity ‘takes precedence’ over religious belief
Monday, April 3rd, 2023A Catholic chaplain who lost his job has been awarded £10,000 after the NHS Trust he worked for claimed that equality and diversity “take precedence over religious belief”. Rev Dr Patrick Pullicino, 73, launched legal action against an NHS trust after claiming that he was ousted for answering a hospital patient’s questions about the Church’s Read more
Refusal to unlock phone was religious, court told
Monday, April 3rd, 2023A Queensland man has been found not guilty of refusing to unlock his phone for police after a magistrate found it would have violated his Islamic religious beliefs. Humza Ali Ahmed, of Kuraby in Brisbane’s outer south, faced trial at Beenleigh Magistrates Court on one count of contravening an order about device information from a Read more
Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips
Monday, April 3rd, 2023
Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. The 86-year-old pope was hospitalised on Wednesday and received antibiotics intravenously. Asked how he felt Saturday, Francis told reporters, “Still alive.” In a video released by the Vatican, Francis was seen baptising a hospitalised baby who is a few weeks Read more
Pope admitted to hospital, appointments cancelled
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
The Pope was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after having breathing difficulties. However, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says after having routine tests Pope Francis is expected to be in hospital for several days. “Time has been allocated in the schedule to allow for the tests to continue for as long as necessary,” a Vatican source Read more
Bishops urged to listen non-defensively, understand where people are at
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
As part of the synodal process, Archbishop of Perth Tim Costelloe urges bishops to listen non-defensively and understand “where people are.” Costelloe has spoken out in support of the synod process, calling it a “fantastic opportunity” for the Catholic Church to engage with the contemporary world. He has urged adding that the synod is inviting Read more
Ordination of women could be allowed says top papal advisor
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
A newly named top adviser to Pope Francis believes that it might one day be possible to revisit Pope John Paul II’s prohibition on the ordination of women to the priesthood. Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, a leading organiser of the Vatican’s ongoing synod process, also said that the church’s language of describing LGBT persons as Read more
Charitable gender conversations needed
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
Abigail Favale, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, has called for “charitable, substantive conversations” on gender, warning that the issue is “affecting real people.” Speaking at The Catholic University of America, Favale said that the Catholic Church was “carrying the torch on the dignity of the body” in a way that nobody else Read more
Second Vanier report shatters L’Arche community
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
The findings of a second report into the activities of L’Arche founder Jean Vanier are even worse than the initial report. While the first report found Vanier perverted Catholic doctrine about Jesus and Mary to justify his own sexual compulsions and abuse women, a subsequent report discovered an even worse side to the great man. Read more
Pope, Caritas highlight need for aid to Syria
Thursday, March 30th, 2023Pope Francis has called on the international community to not forget the people in Syria devastated by war and the recent earthquake and highlights the work Caritas is doing to help the suffering Syrian population. At the conclusion of the Sunday Angelus March 26 at the Vatican, Pope Francis recalled the February 6 earthquakes in Read more