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Sydney Catholic Schools has held its commissioning Mass for the 2026 academic year, welcoming new principals, teachers, and support staff. T catholicweekly.com.au/scs-ho… catholicweekly.com.au/scs-ho…

Across Australia this Easter, hundreds of people will enter the Catholic Church, drawn by a desire for faith, meaning and a deeper relationship with Christ. catholicweekly.com.au/i-just… catholicweekly.com.au/i-just…

After years in which decline, diminish, decrease, dwindle and demoralised have featured in the secular media about Easter celebrations, the 2026 Catholic Word of the Year is Dynamism. catholicweekly.com.au/dynami… catholicweekly.com.au/dynami…

Year 9 student Jacinta Elias has claimed state and national karate titles while remaining active in parish life and her Maronite community. catholicweekly.com.au/aquina… catholicweekly.com.au/aquina…

Didaskō, a structured Catholic formation program offered through the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation's parish renewal team, draws on the best educators and university lecturers from the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA). Didaskō, from the Greek... catholicweekly.com.au/what-y…

Marking the start of Holy Week, Pope Leo XIV used his first Palm Sunday Mass to issue a forceful plea for peace, urging an end to war as he reflected on Christ’s Passion. catholicweekly.com.au/palm-s… catholicweekly.com.au/palm-s…

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo, the custos of the Holy Land, were blocked by Israeli police from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday, ... catholicweekly.com.au/pal-su…

On the threshold of Holy Week and amid the US and Israel-Iran war gaining new fronts, and harvesting new victims daily, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued an annual Easter message, calling the war an "expanding wreckage" and it... catholicweekly.com.au/jerusa…

Newly-appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts Archbishop Anthony Randazzo says his work in Rome will be grounded in a pastoral vision of canon law and shaped by his life in the church in Australia and Oceania. catholicweekly.com.au/i-take… catholicweekly.com.au/i-take…

In his first message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Leo XIV is urging young people to make space for interior silence to listen to the Lord. catholicweekly.com.au/pope-l… catholicweekly.com.au/pope-l…

If Donatism had prevailed, the Church’s entire sacramental economy, as Catholicism conceives it, would have been wrecked. catholicweekly.com.au/german… catholicweekly.com.au/german…

The temptation, when results don’t come, is to force something – to abandon the process in search of a quicker outcome. But as Doueihi pointed out, there’s value in staying the course. catholicweekly.com.au/you-do… catholicweekly.com.au/you-do…

Strong performances across four conferences have seen records fall as students qualify for the Sydney Catholic Schools Swimming Championships at Homebush. catholicweekly.com.au/sydney… catholicweekly.com.au/sydney…

Christians remain the most persecuted religious group in the world, facing both deadly violence abroad and growing social and legal pressures in countries such as Australia. catholicweekly.com.au/qa-wit… catholicweekly.com.au/qa-wit…

Over 20,000 catechumens in France are expected to be baptised during the Easter Vigil, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to baptisms in 2025. catholicweekly.com.au/french… catholicweekly.com.au/french…

Pope Leo XIV lamented the divisions surrounding the celebration of the Latin Mass and called on the French bishops' conference to find solutions that include those attached to the old form of Mass. catholicweekly.com.au/pope-c… catholicweekly.com.au/pope-c…

Pope Leo XIV has assured Archbishop Sarah Mullally, the 106th archbishop of Canterbury and the first female to lead the Church of England, of his prayers and invoked "grace, mercy, and peace … in truth and love." catholicweekly.com.au/archbi… catholicweekly.com.au/archbi…

Sydney Catholic Schools executive director Danielle Cronin explains the thinking behind Magis 2033 and how the Ignatian principle of “the more” will guide Catholic education in the years ahead.  catholicweekly.com.au/doing-… catholicweekly.com.au/doing-…

This is the edited text of the Homily for mass for the 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday), Year A, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 15 March 2026. catholicweekly.com.au/laetar… catholicweekly.com.au/laetar…

Finance promises stability and success, and Catholic professionals say it’s possible to build a career in the industry without sacrificing faith. catholicweekly.com.au/can-yo… catholicweekly.com.au/can-yo…