#Hiroshima75 I offer cordial greetings to the organizers and participants in the seventy-fifth solemn anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and in a special way to the hibakusha survivors of the original tragedy. I was privileged to be able to come in person to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during… Continue Reading 1945: Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Atomic Bomb
Message of his Holiness Pope Francis for the XXIX World Day of the Sick 2021 (pdf) Pope Francis blesses a sick person in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 Nov. 2017 World Day of the Sick: Pope urges “trust-based relationship” in care for the sick In his message for the 29th World Day of… Continue Reading World Day of the Sick_Thursday, 11th February 2020
UN declares 4 February ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’ The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution declaring 4 February as the International Day of Human Fraternity. It comes as the result of Christian-Muslim cooperation to promote peace, harmony and intercultural dialogue in the world. By Vatican News staff writer Fratelli tutti, the recent encyclical… Continue Reading 1st UN International Day of Human Fraternity_4th February 2021
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE XXIX WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2021 “You have but one teacher and you are all brothers” (Mt 23:8). A trust-based relationship to guide care for the sick Dear brothers and sisters, “The celebration of the XXIX World Day of the Sick on 11 February… Continue Reading World Day of Prayer for the Sick_11th Feb 2021
Fourth World Day of the Poor 15th November 2020 “Stretch forth your hand to the poor” (Sir 7:32) 4th World Day of the Poor Message (Pope Francis / pdf) Pope Francis has lunch with the poor in the Paul VI Hall (Vatican Media) Pope’s message for World Day of Poor: Prayer inseparable from… Continue Reading Fourth World Day of the Poor_15th November 2020
October prayer intention 2020 Pope intention for October: that women have greater leadership roles in the Church Pope intention for October: that women have greater leadership roles in the Church Pope Francis releases a video message accompanying his prayer intention for October, the missionary month, in which he calls for the promotion of greater integration… Continue Reading Pope’s Prayer Intention for October 2020
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 54th WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY “That you may tell your children and grandchildren” (Ex 10:2) Life becomes history I would like to devote this year’s Message to the theme of storytelling, because I believe that, so as not to lose our bearings, we need to make… Continue Reading Wold Communications Day_26th May 2020
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis “You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8) Dear Brothers and Sisters, “You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8). These are the words spoken by Jesus when sending forth his apostles to spread the Gospel, so that his Kingdom might grow through acts of gratuitous love.… Continue Reading 27th World Day of the Sick_11th February 2019
18 Nov WORLD DAY OF THE POOR The World Day of the Poor will be held on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, this year on 18 November 2018. In his message for the second World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis has called for a new evangelisation that prompts Catholics “to make tangible the… Continue Reading World Day of the Poor_18th November 2018
Joshua J. McElwee | Apr. 14, 2016 The participants of a first-of-its-kind Vatican conference have bluntly rejected the Catholic church’s long-held teachings on just war theory, saying they have too often been used to justify violent conflicts and the global church must reconsider Jesus’ teachings on nonviolence. Members of a three-day event co-hosted by the… Continue Reading Landmark Vatican conference rejects just war theory, asks for encyclical on nonviolence | National Catholic Reporter
Read the press release announcing the public art projection below: Public art projection featuring images of humanity and climate change to illuminate St. Peter’s Basilica on the opening of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on Dec. 8 VATICAN CITY, Dec. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ VATICAN CITY, Dec. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — On Dec. 8,… Continue Reading Watch the public art projection that lit up St. Peter’s Basilica to inspire change around the climate crisis
Read current and past issues of the JEDO Newsletter here, and catch up on the social justice work of the Justice, Ecology and Development Office within the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. Continue Reading
The use of acknowledgement plaques on entrances to homes, churches, workplaces and other buildings, serve to remind Australians of the presence of the Aboriginal people in our land millennia before the making of the Australian colonies and the Australian nation Continue Reading Aboriginal Acknowledgement Plaque Orders