
22 Feb 2012| More than 20,000 survivors of Christchurch's earthquake gathered at the city's Hagley Park today to mark the first anniversary of the devastating tremor that struck the city at 12.51 pm exactly one year ago today.
22 Feb 2012| Melbourne-born Columban priest, Father Robert McCulloch has been awarded the Pakistan Government's highest civilian honour for his services to health, education and inter-faith relations.
22 Feb 2012| During today's noon Ash Wednesday Mass at St Mary's Cathedral the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell officially launched Project Compassion, Caritas Australia's annual Lenten fundraising campaign.
21 Feb 2012| Bishop Tim Costelloe is to be the new Archbishop of Perth following the retirement of Archbishop Barry Hickey.
21 Feb 2012| Deacon Elliott Casalegno, one of the five permanent deacons with the Archdiocese of Sydney's Diaconate suffered a severe infection and on Sunday, 19 February died at Liverpool Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment over the past 12 weeks.
21 Feb 2012| During a special Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, Benedict XVI welcomed the 22 newly created cardinals, along with different ambassadors to the Holy See, and hundreds of pilgrims.
Timothy Dolan: Being a Cardinal - it's Not a Promotion, it's a Higher Calling to Serve the Church
Wearing a super bowl baseball cap and a windbreaker from New York's Police Department, Archbishop Timothy Dolan talked about the moment he officially found out he would be elevated to Cardinal.
Caritas Internationalis: Providing Not Only Crops in Africa, But Knowledge
These simple seeds are literally saving lives and lifting entire communities out of poverty.
Needs of Sexual Abuse Victims Must Come First - Pope
Participants of a symposium in Rome on sexual abuse have been asked by Pope Benedict XVI to put the needs of abuse victims first. Called "Towards Healing and Renewal" the gathering at the Pontifical Gregorian University is for Catholics Bishops and Religious Superiors.