I’m grateful to be invited to appear before the Committee today on behalf of more than 20 Catholic and Orthodox Bishops of NSW, to express our concerns & those of our people in relation to this bill…
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2024
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Sep
2025
New young saints encourage faithful to live life to the full, pope says
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from the popemobile after celebrating the canonization Mass of Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, […]
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Aug
2025
HOMILY FOR SOLEMN MASS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 31 AUGUST 2025 “Selfie museums” are a curious invention of our age. Carefully staged spaces, filled with colour, mirrors, artworks, monumental or scenic backdrops, they are […]
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Aug
2025
Australian Catholic bishops renew call to welcome immigrants
Archbishop Christopher Prowse, pictured earlier this year. Photo: Paul Osborne ACBC. In 1950, Catholic bishops issued On Immigration, a landmark pastoral letter urging the community to offer generosity to those […]
21
Aug
2025
Archbishop Fisher homily: St Mary Magdalene the Apostolorum Apostola
This is “Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene After the Resurrection” by the Russian painter Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov. Because Mary’s heart has been turned toward Christ through conversion and repentance, she […]
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Aug
2025
Why the Camino of St Joseph is the perfect event for Catholic men
Bede Alexander, founder of Fit for the Kingdom. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 For Bede Alexander, the 23-year-old founder of “Fit for the Kingdom,” the Camino of St […]
19
Aug
2025
St Peter Chanel celebrates a hundred years of schooling in Regents Park
St Peter Chanel Primary School celebrated 100 years of education. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 St Peter Chanel Primary School in Regents Park recently celebrated (8 August) its […]
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Aug
2025
Theology of the Body event whets appetite for course in January
Bishop Tony shared both his vocational journey and his passion for making St John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB) accessible to all. Photo: Supplied. On Saturday 9 August, many […]
18
Aug
2025
Buon Ferragosto a tutti
Five Dock was transported to Italy on 17 August as the street turned out for celebrations of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Photo: GIOVANNI PORTELLI 2025 If the Sydney […]
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Aug
2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
SEMINARY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, HOMEBUSH, 15 AUGUST 2025 The Church has just been celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea which ran from May to July 325. […]
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Aug
2025
Thoughts on shared ministry as synodality comes to Sydney
Pope Francis has invited the whole church to reflect on the path of synodality, which is both the way of life and the fundamental action of the church. “It is […]