Tag: Pope Francis
Music, prayer, silent adoration fulfils Aussie pilgrims’ WYD journey
World Youth Day Lisbon concludes with music, prayer, adoration, and a call to introduce the world to Jesus Christ
Spanish teen says she has regained sight after praying to Our...
The healing appeared to happen a few hours after Pope Francis was praying in the famous Marian shrine on 5 August.
Don’t be afraid to change the world, pope tells youths at...
"Let's all repeat this phrase in our hearts: 'Don't be afraid,'" Pope Francis said, later announcing that Seoul, Korea, would host WYD 2027
Pope to young people at WYD: God calls your authentic, not...
"That is the church," Pope Francis said, "the mother of all; there is room for all."
Awaken the ‘weary’ church by becoming ‘restless,’ Pope Francis says in...
"Now is the God-given time of grace to sail boldly into the sea of evangelisation and of mission," the pope said
George Weigel is mistaken. Synodality gives life to the vision of...
I was not surprised by George Weigel’s continuing criticism of Pope Francis and the coming Synod of Bishops (The Catholic Weekly, 9 July, 2023). I was surprised that his discussion of Vatican II’s central document Lumen Gentium ignored one of its most striking features.
Anthony Cleary: World Youth Day must be seen to be believed
It was not until I first experienced a World Youth Day that I truly appreciated the nature and magnitude of the international gathering. Prior to travelling to Cologne in 2005 I had only known of the event vicariously, listening to the animated reflections of returning pilgrims.
Q and A with Fr John Flader: Pascal on faith and...
Dear Father, I understand that Pope Francis has recently issued a document on Blaise Pascal, speaking of his contribution to the question of faith and reason. What can you tell me about it?
Pope Francis thanks 15,000 gathered at Angelus for prayers for his...
Pope Francis thanked an estimated 15,000 people gathered in St Peter's Square on 18 June, two days after he was released from Rome's Gemelli hospital following surgery to repair a hernia
Professor Tracey Rowland appointed to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
UNDA research academic Prof Tracey Rowland has been appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, becoming the second Australian to receive the honour
Pope Francis undergoes successful three-hour surgery for hernia
The Holy Father was put under general anaesthetic to treat a hernia that occurred at the site of previous surgeries, and is recovering well
The church celebrates its journey towards reconciliation at Domus Australia
Fifty years after nearly 30,000 people flocked to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne to celebrate the first Aboriginal Liturgy during the 1973 Eucharistic Congress, Cardinal Arthur Roche of the Dicastery for Divine Worship joined Dr Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumannn AM and senior Australian Catholics at Domus Australia to celebrate the church’s ongoing journey towards reconciliation.
