Stephen Hawking, the internationally-renowned physicist and long-time member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, passed away at the age of 76 on 14 March, 2018
Caritas Australia, the Catholic Church’s international aid and development agency, with its partners on the ground, is currently supporting affected communities in Papua New Guinea’s central highlands, following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake which struck on 8 March.
Please buy and sell only slavery-free chocolate this Easter. That’s the message from ACRATH (Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans) to everyone intending to buy chocolate, or run chocolate fundraising during Lent.
Pope Francis has been firing the imagination of believers and non-believers alike with his humanity, wit and warmth since becoming the leader of the Roman Catholic Church five years ago.
In the second in our series of articles about previous popes, we examine the legacy of Pope John Paul II who took this title after Pope John Paul passed away after only 33 days in office.