GLOBAL PULSE Letter from Rome: Motorhome Missionary of Mercy
This week's letter comes not from Rome but Asia and Australia.
As most people know, Pope Francis commissioned some one thousand “missionaries of mercy” at the start of the current Holy Year and granted them special faculties to forgive even those sins reserved to the Holy See.
WORLD YOUTH DAY BLOG: Pilgrimage day 16
Maitland-Newcastle pilgrims experience Way of the Cross in Blonia Park on day 16.
WORLD YOUTH DAY BLOG: Pilgrimage day 15
Maitland-Newcastle pilgrims welcome Pope Francis on day 15.
WORLD YOUTH DAY BLOG: Pilgrimage day 14
Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to Maitland-Newcastle pilgrims on day 14.
WORLD YOUTH DAY BLOG: Pilgrimage days 12-13
Maitland-Newcastle pilgrims explore Krakow and gather for World Youth Day opening Mass on days 12-13.
Caritas welcomes Prime Minister’s call for Royal Commission into juvenile detention
Caritas Australia has welcomed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement this morning of a Royal Commission, to investigate the evidence presented in this week’s Four Corners program about juvenile detention in the Northern Territory.
Fasting and feasting
It was a wonderful month. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was out most nights. I met lots of old friends. I made new friends. We shared meals. We had a great time. But we didn’t drink any wine!
More than $208,000 raised for Project Compassion: Learning more, creating change
In 2016, more than $11 million was raised nationally for Caritas Project Compassion, with more than $208,000 contributed by the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.