An Australian outback diocese has announced what is believed to be the world’s first high school to be named after a teenage computer programmer beatified by Pope Francis last year. Blessed Carlo Acutis College will have a liberal arts focus, and Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes hopes to build it in Moama, Read more
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Abortion pill reversal service expands
Monday, August 9th, 2021
Many women take the abortion pill and then change their minds, says Russian physician Alexey Fokin. He and his team will help any woman seeking help. Many are asking. “We help all women including Muslims, atheists, and others,” he says. “I know that human life begins from conception and I believe that new life is Read more
Do not to buy fake COVID vaccination cards
Monday, August 9th, 2021
The Philippine government, the Police and a Manila diocese are warning people not to buy fake COVID vaccination cards so they can travel. The police say the country’s current lockdown has seen many people trying to head back to the provinces to avoid being “trapped” in Manila. The free-of-charge government-issued cards are restricted to those Read more
Spiritual abuse occurs more frequently than thought
Monday, August 9th, 2021
The Vatican is investigating more than a dozen founders of congregations of consecrated or religious life, with spiritual abuse a frequent issue. Spanish Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, spoke about his office’s work overseeing religious congregations in an interview July 30 with Read more
Spanish bishop urges support for those tempted to suicide
Monday, August 9th, 2021
A bishop in Spain has urged that no effort be spared in addressing the suicide crisis confronting the country. Bishop Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal of Vitoria gave his reflection “taking a stand for life” during Solemn Vespers in honour of Our Lady of the Snows on Aug 4. “There are many people, youths and adults, Read more
English language liturgy director attacks Francis over Latin Mass
Monday, August 9th, 2021
The head of a Catholic Church commission that prepares English translations of liturgical texts has attacked Pope Francis’ recent decision to reimpose restrictions on celebrating the Latin Mass. Msgr Andrew Wadsworth, executive director of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, criticised Traditionis Custodes, “as full of errors and generalisations” in a series of Read more
Australian Mass becomes longest-running show on nation’s television
Monday, August 9th, 2021A weekly 30-minute Mass broadcast into people’s living rooms has become the longest-running program on Australian television. Celebrating its 50th year in early August, “Mass For You at Home” was originally aimed at those unable to attend their local parish due to illness, infirmity, being homebound or in prison, but today has attracted a new Read more
Pope resumes public audiences a month after major surgery
Monday, August 9th, 2021Pope Francis resumed his routine of holding weekly audiences with the general public a month after he underwent bowel surgery. During the much-awaited appearance Wednesday he recalled the anniversary of the devastating Beirut port explosion and expressed the desire to someday visit Lebanon. Francis walked unaided to the center of the stage of a Vatican Read more
Church arm helps families with food
Monday, August 9th, 2021The Caritas Fiji Archdiocese of Suva has assisted 1000 families in COVID-19 containment areas with food rations, according to organisation official Tevita Naikasowalu. While the nation celebrated Fiji’s victory at the Olympic Games, he said frontline and humanitarian workers were putting their lives on the line so people in containment areas were fed. “I would Read more
Lord’s Prayer stays in State Parliament, but may not be there for ever and ever
Monday, August 9th, 2021Labour has vowed to axe the century-old tradition of reciting the Lord’s Prayer in Victoria’s State Parliament if re-elected, after striking an 11th-hour deal with a crossbench MP to put off a vote on the contentious matter. Upper house MPs debated a motion to remove the prayer, which has been said at the start of Read more