St. Maria Goretti Parish

As the Church celebrates the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's liturgical readings, reflecting on the theme, "Come as you are – but don’t stay there”.

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After meeting with Pope Leo XIV, Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, tells Vatican News that respect for international law must be restored in conflict zones and warns of the danger of dehumanizing language and autonomous weapon systems.

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As the international community marks World Porridge Day on 10 October, the story of a young Malawian woman whose life was transformed by a daily school meal offers a reflection on the importance of school feeding programmes in the fight against hunger. Through the documentary Lettie, Mary's Meals revisits a story first told more than a decade ago, tracing one woman's journey from childhood hunger to hope.

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Speaking on the sidelines of an event in Rome on John Henry Newman, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin comments on plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan in the United States, saying that turning death into a spectacle is unacceptable.

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Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, speaks at a conference in Islamabad marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Pakistan, focusing on the role of religious freedom, interreligious dialogue, and the protection of fundamental rights in papal diplomacy.

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On the second full day of the Meeting on the Tenth Anniversary of 'Amoris laetitia', Archbishop Tim Costelloe of Perth reflects on his experience of the encounter, and discusses how to build relationships with youth.

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The Vatican holds the first press briefing since the beginning of the ecclesial encounter ‘Ten Years after ‘Amoris laetitia’: proclaiming the Gospel with families today’. Pope Leo XIV called the Meeting with the Heads of Eastern Churches and the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences to mark the tenth anniversary of Francis’ apostolic exhortation 'On Love in the Family’.

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Archbishop Paul Coakley, President of the US Bishops’ Conference, expresses shock over the planned livestreamed execution of Nidal Hassan, warning that a public execution would “further undermine the moral fabric of our nation.”

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Nearly 50 years ago, Darius von Güttner Sporzyński arrived at Italy’s Latina Refugee Camp after fleeing Poland. His journey would take him from the camp to Australia—and, decades later, back to Italy as a university academic director. For the first time, he shares the story of that extraordinary full-circle journey.

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Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle—Pro-Prefect of the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches within the Dicastery for Evangelization—succeeds 92-year-old Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, as Dean of the College of Cardinals.

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