Up to 4,500 people are expected to attend the Ordination of Brian Mascord as the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong - including the Papal Nuncio Australia, His Excellency Most Reverend Adolfo Tito Yllana.
Pope Francis has issued an impassioned plea to corporations to stop their relentless extraction of timber, gas and gold from God’s “holy ground”, saying “consumerist greed” should not be allowed to destroy a natural habitat vital for the entire planet.