Category: Archdiocese of Sydney

Sydney archbishop urges Australians to be ‘powerhouse of prayer’

by bcadmin | Oct 6, 2021 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Plenary Council, synodality | 0 |

As the first assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council neared the halfway point, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher urged people to make the church a “powerhouse of prayer.”

Australians: Plenary Council process offers possibilities for world synod

by bcadmin | Sep 27, 2021 | Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Plenary Council, Synod of Bishops, synodality | 0 |

As the church in Australia prepares for its first Plenary Council since 1937, church leaders and theologians speculated on what the extensive parish consultation process conducted over the last two years might offer the wider church.

Sydney Catholic hospital provides vulnerable with COVID-19 vaccine

by bcadmin | Aug 29, 2021 | Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Catholic hospitals, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, Homeless, News, Sydney, Vaccinations | 0 |

Health workers from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney are rolling up their sleeves to ensure the most vulnerable are getting vaccinated. Staffers are taking to the streets to care for the homeless and those living in temporary or social housing.

Australian Catholic high schooler hopes to medal in Paralympic swimming

by bcadmin | Aug 20, 2021 | Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in Oceania, faith and sports, News, Olympic Games, Paralympics, sports | 0 |

What started out as rehab for an injury sustained in cross-country running has resulted in Alex Tuckfield competing at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Australian Olympics rugby sevens squad member sees Jesus as No. 1

by bcadmin | Jul 30, 2021 | Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, faith and sports, News, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rugby, sports | 0 |

Australian Olympics rugby sevens squad member is a practicing Catholic.

Sydney Catholic Schools have three alums on Olympic soccer team

by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in Oceania, faith and sports, News, Olympic Games, Olympics, Soccer, sports | 0 |

There’s something in the holy water in the southern suburbs of Sydney, with three of Australia’s Olyroos Olympic soccer squad hailing from the area and having attended neighboring Catholic schools.

Australian brothers’ ordination completes hat trick of religious vocations

by bcadmin | Jun 6, 2021 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Ordinations, Sydney | 0 |

For the first time in Sydney’s history, two brothers have been ordained to the priesthood on the same day.

Ethicists must call out unethical behavior in health care, Sydney archbishop says

by bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, bioethics, Catholic Church, Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, moral theology, News | 0 |

The coronavirus pandemic has multiplied the number of ethical dilemmas that health care workers, health care systems, governments and individuals face which require the specialized assistance ethicists can provide, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher told the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

Sydney archbishop says failure to implement anti-slavery law ‘disgraceful’

by bcadmin | Jul 30, 2020 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, Human trafficking, modern slavery, New South Wales, News, second | 0 |

Archbishop Anthony Fisher says it’s “disgraceful and dishonorable” that the Australian state of New South Wales has failed to enact a law against modern slavery passed in 2018.

Contact tracing leads to the closure of three churches in Sydney, Australia

by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2020 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Sydney | 0 |

One woman infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus attending services in the Archdiocese of Sydney in Australia has led to the closure of several Catholic churches.

Sydney archbishop uses parents’ response to death to show Easter meaning

by bcadmin | Apr 14, 2020 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Easter, News | 0 |

The recent response of two parents to the deaths of three of their children and a niece illustrated what Easter is about, said Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher.

Pell acquitted of abuse charges and will be released from Australian prison

by bcadmin | Apr 7, 2020 | archdiocese of Melbourne, Archdiocese of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, Church in Asia/Oceania, clergy sex abuse, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

NEW YORK — Australia’s highest court unanimously acquitted Cardinal George Pell of child abuse on Wednesday, marking a stunning turn of events for the 78-year-old prelate who had previously been the most senior Catholic official to be found guilty of sexual abuse. The decision to overturn his prior conviction comes