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News & Events Weekly Update News and Events across the Diocese of Parramatta and beyond (Read More)
The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor in its 2024 report reveals that Myanmar has overtaken Syria as the country with the highest number of deaths and injuries caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance in 2023. (Read More)
“I was delighted at the conclusion of the synod to hear Pope Francis basically say: ‘O.K., that’s enough. Basta. We’ve talked enough. We’ve discussed enough. We’ve written enough. Now let’s go out there and do it.’” That is what Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, 65, told America’s Vatican correspondent in this exclusive interview in Rome, on Sunday, Oct. 27, after the closing of the Synod on Synodality. (Read More)
The Jesus prayer, one of the more important meditative prayers of the Christian tradition, used especially by Eastern Christians, is at its heart, a simple prayer. While there are a few variations as to how the prayer can be said, the most common words used for it are: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner.” (Read More)
Pope Francis made a surprise announcement at his General Assembly on 20 November 2024 (World Children’s Day) that two young and inspiring Catholics – Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati – would be canonised during the Jubilee Year of 2025. (Read More)