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The conference was inspired by the Catholic Church's Jubilee 2025 theme "Pilgrims of Hope," which reminded attendees that hope is an active force – a call to stand in solidarity with those in need, and to work towards lasting change. ...
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The prophet Isaiah boldly challenges us to choose the way of fasting most acceptable to the Lord: “Releasing those bound unjustly … setting free the oppressed … sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless, clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning...
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The Diocese of Parramatta’s social welfare agency Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains has entered a new partnership to support housing for older women aged 55 years and over in the Blue Mountains. The Homes for Older Women (HOW) Program is now operating from Catholic Care’s community drop-in...
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Pope Francis, in his message to the assembly, emphasised the urgency of addressing the interconnected challenges threatening human civilisation and the planet....
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This Lent, as we share in the grace of the Jubilee Year, I would like to propose a few reflections on what it means to journey together in hope, and on the summons to conversion that God in his mercy addresses to all of us, as individuals and as a...
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A monthly magazine publishes Pope Francis’ fatherly response to a letter written by a mother who lost her 21-year-old son in a car accident six years ago....
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My call was not so clear or compelling. What I remember about being called to mission and religious life is fuzzy. I was a young sixth grader in Catholic school and, out of the blue, I wanted to go to Africa....
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Disarming violence with nonviolence and treating one's opponent with benevolence is at the core of Jesus’ teaching and therefore the core of Christian discipleship....
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While that may be granted, what may not be granted is that our (seemingly) necessary social and political pragmatism in dealing with “the widow, the orphan, and the immigrant” may cloak itself with Jesus and the Bible. It may not. This is antithetical to Jesus. Whether or not this...