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Many who worked with Ms Chiara Porro during her four-and-a-half-year term as Australian Ambassador to the Holy See can speak only of her kindness and warm smile; a woman with innumerable interests and great enthusiasm....
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In a statement released during the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council the Holy See reaffirms the need to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights so as to ensure universal and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines globally....
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) students will have a rare opportunity to shadow the country’s top diplomat in the Vatican as part of a new formal agreement with the Australian Embassy to the Holy See....
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Pope Francis promulgates the text of the Apostolic Constitution 'Praedicate Evangelium', which gives a more missionary structure to the Roman Curia so it can be better at the service of the local churches and the task of evangelization....
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John McCarthy QC, Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See from 2012-16, met with Catholic Outlook for an interview that will form the basis of a series about the scope and impact of the work of the Australian Embassy to the Holy See. The articles explore with former Ambassador McCarthy how Australia is able to promote its specific issues and interests among the...
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Saturday 8 April is the 31st Anniversary of the Foundation of the Diocese of Parramatta. Pope St John Paul II created the Diocese with the Papal Bull addressed to His Eminence, Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy, Archbishop of Sydney in 1986. The Diocese was created to better serve the needs...
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By Jordan Grantham, Catholic Outlook, March 2017 John McCarthy QC, Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See from 2012-16, met with Catholic Outlook for an interview that will form the basis of a series about the scope and impact of the work of the Australian Embassy to the Holy See. The articles will explore with former Ambassador McCarthy how Australia is...
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Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv recently had his photo taken with the Swiss Guards – the personal army of Pope Francis. To accompany Bishop Vincent’s photographs, here are 6 Secrets of the Swiss Guard. 1. An Australian woman lives in the Swiss Guard Barracks Joanne Bergamin (nee Ford) was the...