ST MARY’S BASILICA, SYDNEY, 22 APRIL 2025 “Woman, why are you weeping?” the angels ask Mary Magdalene on Easter day (Jn 20:11-18). Her grief is profound, her tears sincere. With the execution of her Master and Friend, her world had been turned upside down. Now she has come to tend His corpse and her grief […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP meets with Pope Francis after a meeting of the Congregation for Oriental Churches in 2022. Photo: Vatican Media Francis, Pope of the peripheries The Church in Sydney and Australia joins with people throughout the world in mourning the passing of the Holy Father, Pope Francis. As priest, bishop and pope, he […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP with portrait of Pope Francis. GIOVANNI PORTELLI 2025 Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP says Pope Francis’ passing on Easter Monday is an invitation to reflect on Easter and its meaning. He said this was a moment to question if the faithful “really believe” in life after death and if Pope Francis will […]
Pope Francis greets family members during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 4, 2022. Pope Francis, formally Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) A non-European? A member of a religious order? From the Southern hemisphere? Following the surprise resignation of Pope […]
Pope Francis greets some elderly people as he arrives at the headquarters of the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 1, 2023. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media Updated 22/04/25 As dawn broke in Sydney, flags on government buildings were at half-mast as Catholics woke up to a world without their Pope. Less than two weeks out from […]
Our Lady of Fatima procession 2023. Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2023 Since it began in 2023, the annual Our Lady of Fatima procession at St Mary’s Cathedral has become one of the most beautiful expressions of Catholic faith in Sydney. On 10 May, this candlelit gathering will once again bring thousands together in a powerful […]
A Statement from the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP The Church in Sydney and Australia joins with people throughout the world in mourning the passing of the Holy Father, Pope Francis. As priest, bishop and pope, he embodied Christ’s command to care for all people, especially the most vulnerable. He was a […]
Sydney Bishop-Elect Tony Percy Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 Sydney Bishop-Elect Tony Percy hopes his ordination to the episcopate will be a special occasion for the church and confirmation for all present of the nearness of God to his people. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP will be the principal celebrant at the ordination Mass […]
ST MARY’S BASILICA, SYDNEY, 20 APRIL 2025 “I wonder if I am dreaming?” she asks after falling down a rabbit hole. In Lewis Carroll’s 1865 masterpiece, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the girl finds herself in a bizarre world where nothing makes sense anymore. Rabbits carry pocket watches, playing cards serve as soldiers, Cheshire cats disappear […]
Jesus Christ is alive! Sydney’s Catholics embraced the Sacred Triduum with love and devotion, commemorating the Lord’s arrest and crucifixion for our sake, his death and resurrection. Beginning on Holy Thursday, people gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral and parishes across the city for a Seven Churches pilgrimage. Many made the journey to the Shrine of […]
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