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The Diocese of Hong Kong is calling for prayer and mourning after a devastating fire at the Wang F*k Court apartment com...
01/12/2025

The Diocese of Hong Kong is calling for prayer and mourning after a devastating fire at the Wang F*k Court apartment complex in Tai Po left at least 128 people dead and around 200 still missing.

Arriving from Istanbul, a two-hour flight, Pope Leo was met at the Beirut airport by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Pri...
01/12/2025

Arriving from Istanbul, a two-hour flight, Pope Leo was met at the Beirut airport by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, the largest of the Catholic churches in Lebanon.

30/11/2025

As we enter the season of advent, here are a few words from Fr Bijoy on some things we can reflect on during this next week.

ACYF Pilgrims have arrived in Melbourne.Please keep us in your prayers, that it be a prayerful and fruitful experience.
30/11/2025

ACYF Pilgrims have arrived in Melbourne.

Please keep us in your prayers, that it be a prayerful and fruitful experience.

Watching Pope Leo hand Nadia a symbolic bronze key – designed by Timothy Schmalz of Homeless Jesus fame – was moving. Th...
28/11/2025

Watching Pope Leo hand Nadia a symbolic bronze key – designed by Timothy Schmalz of Homeless Jesus fame – was moving. The key was oversized, weighty, ceremonial. But what it symbolised was even heavier: dignity, stability, hope.

World Youth Day 2008 was a moment of profound joy, unity, and renewal for the Catholic Church in Australia. Now, 17 year...
28/11/2025

World Youth Day 2008 was a moment of profound joy, unity, and renewal for the Catholic Church in Australia. Now, 17 years later, we are blessed with a second opportunity to encounter the symbols that inspired a generation.

In the Maronite calendar we celebrate the Visitation of Mary, our dear blessed Mother to her cousin Elizabeth during Nov...
28/11/2025

In the Maronite calendar we celebrate the Visitation of Mary, our dear blessed Mother to her cousin Elizabeth during November.

This is not just a narrative within scripture but more importantly a message that God wants to reveal to us today.

Pope Leo XIV began his first papal trip speaking of dialogue, peace and thanksgiving – referring to both the holiday and...
27/11/2025

Pope Leo XIV began his first papal trip speaking of dialogue, peace and thanksgiving – referring to both the holiday and his own gratitude.

On the plane to Turkey 27 November, he wished a Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans among the 80 journalists traveling with him and told them, “It’s a wonderful day to celebrate.”

This is the edited text of the Homily for the Solemn Mass for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), at St Mary’s Ca...
27/11/2025

This is the edited text of the Homily for the Solemn Mass for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 16 November 2025.

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