Tag: Rome
World Meeting of Families: “Can’t wait”, say Jude and Kerrie
Jude and Kerrie Hennessy can’t wait to get to Rome to learn from others about promoting and nurturing Catholic family life – and a...
World Meeting of Families: Trans’ plan to follow the Holy Spirit
The Church is a family made up of families, say Brian and Hannah Tran, who in addition to their two daughters under four are...
Francis prays Christmas will bring yearning for peace, dialogue
Gallery: a papal Christmas blessing
Before giving his Christmas blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Francis drew attention to the...
Pope at Christmas: ‘God comes into the world in littleness’
The celebration of Christmas serves as a reminder that God did not reveal his greatness in a grand spectacle, but rather in the "littleness"...
Pope at Christmas: Jesus’s birth brings hope in troubling times
Pope Francis questioned why the "greatest of kings" was born "without decent accommodation, in poverty and rejection."
Ethan Westwood: ACU program offers opportunity for school leavers
Late last year a group of 20 students from Sydney Catholic Schools had the opportunity to take part in the ACU School Leavers Program,...
Prayer unlocks chains, not complaints
Reflecting on Sts Peter and Paul, Pope Francis speaks powerfully on the need to pray for those who govern.
Pope creates fund for Rome’s poor
Pope Francis invited priests to be first to contribute to the new fund to help those struggling due to COVID.
Pope Francis calls for a ‘contagion’ of Easter hope
"Indifference, self-centeredness, division and forgetfulness are not words we want to hear at this time," he said. Yet, "they seem to prevail when fear and death overwhelm us, that is, when we do not let the Lord Jesus triumph in our hearts and lives
Bishop Richard Umbers: Christ first, always
The Australian bishops’ Ad Limina pilgrimage to Rome was deeply meaningful
During the last half of June, all the Bishops of Australia gathered in Rome...
Letters from the Vatican #6
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Meeting for the Protection of Minors. A special international journalistic collaboration between The Catholic Herald, First...
Pope, bishops confess failure to prevent abuse
https://youtu.be/g8p2d6Avp14
In an opulent Vatican room designed in the 16th century for papal meetings with kings, a cardinal read, "We confess that we have shielded...
