Bishops Commission for Life, Family and Public Engagement chair, Archbishop Peter Comensoli, said artificial intelligence was driving a new industrial revolution. PHOTO: ACBC Pope Leo XIV has released his first teaching letter, an encyclical titled Magnifica humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”). Addressed to all humanity, it is a reflection on what it means to protect and preserve […]
Copies of “Magnifica Humanitas” are seen at the Vatican’s Synod Hall May 25, 2026, the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy, which focuses on the rise of artificial intelligence. PHOTO: OSV News/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media By Fr Joseph Parisi An encyclical is a pastoral letter addressed by the pope to the whole church. Encyclical […]
Pope Leo XIV smiles as he attends the presentation of “Magnifica Humanitas” at the Vatican’s Synod Hall May 25, 2026, the first encyclical of his papacy, which focuses on the rise of artificial intelligence. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) VATICAN CITY (OSV News). Pope Leo XIV called for vigilance as he spoke at the Vatican […]
Pallazo Cardinal Cesi, Rome, 22 May 2026 Your Eminence Fernando Cardinal Filoni, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem; Avvocato Giuseppi Pugliesi Alibrandi, General Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; Your Excellency Hon. Keith Pitt, Australian Ambassador to the Holy See; Your Excellency Most Rev. Richard Umbers, […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at the launch of Sistine Chapel: Revelations immersive exhibition in Sydney on 15 May 2026. PHOTO: Giovanni Portelli Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP has launched Sistine Chapel: Revelations, a major immersive exhibition bringing the Vatican masterpiece to the forecourt of Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral. “Thanks to a calculated risk and […]
St Mary’s Cathedral Forecourt, Sydney, 15 May 2026 Lord Mayor, Lords episcopal, Reverend fathers and sisters, distinguished guests, archdiocesan officials, friends all: In The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects published in 1550, the father of art history, Giorgio Vasari, tells us of a great mischief hatched in Rome earlier in that […]
Dominican sisters with Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP. Photo: Patrick J Lee. This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP for the Mass of the fourth Sunday of Easter Year A for Consecrated Life at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 26 April 2026. Sheep and goats. They were crucial for Ancient […]
Hundreds of Sydney families have been gifted a rare and lasting encounter with two of the world’s most respected Catholic voices on marriage and family life, Mike and Alicia Hernon, the Ohio-based co-hosts of the enormously popular Messy Family Project podcast. Between 8 and 12 May, the couple swept through the archdiocese in a whirlwind speaking […]
Bishop Tony Percy at his episcopal ordination. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 The third annual Tim Fischer Oration for Ethics in Public and Political Life, founded by Bishop Tony Percy, will be held in Rosehill Gardens in Sydney’s west on 17 June. Named after Liberal Party Deputy Prime Minister from 1996-1999, the oration honours Fischer’s strong Catholic faith and civic convictions. This year’s speaker is Dr Mary […]
Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney, 9 May 2026 Your Excellency Governor Beasley and Mr Wilson, Prime Minister Albanese and Ms Haydon, Minister Prue Carr representing the Premier, Sir Peter and Lady Cosgrove, bishops, clergy, distinguished guests, generous sponsors, friends one and all: welcome, and thank you for being here tonight. On 15 April 2019 the world watched […]
Bishop Daniel Meagher at his farewell, wearing one of his parting gifts. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Bishop Daniel Meagher bid goodbye to the Archdiocese of Sydney at St Mary’s Cathedral on 5 May, telling the faithful gathered for his farewell Mass before moving to Rockhampton that Christ’s peace would sustain His people through every […]
Anzac Day Mass. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. This is the edited text of the homily for the Vigil mass of Anzac Day, Friday the 3rd week of Easter at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 24 April 2026. It was perversely codenamed Unternehmen Mondscheinsonate (Operation Moonlight Sonata) as more than 500 Luftwaffe bombers razed the industrial City of Coventry through the night of 14 […]
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 6 MAY 2026 It’s been labelled a ‘myth’, a ‘trap’, a ‘tyranny’: the very idea of meritocracy has been much criticised so labelled in recent years.[1] Commentators from prestigious universities like Harvard and Yale, if not from UNDA, have taken aim at the very idea that talent and hard work can […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP giving his welcome to the Synod. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has accepted a series of key proposals from the Sydney Synod, setting new pastoral priorities for the archdiocese focused on more prayerful liturgies, Christ-centred communities and renewed missionary outreach. The decisions – aimed at strengthening sacramental life, evangelisation, and formation – came at the conclusion of […]
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Photo: Patrick J Lee. On the night of Saturday 16 May, thousands of Sydney’s faithful will take to the streets around St Mary’s Cathedral, rosaries in hand and candles burning, in one of the most moving expressions of Catholic faith in the city’s year. The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima Procession, organised by […]
