WelCom October 2021
Jesuit Fr Frank Brennan, an Australian writer and legal scholar, says he believes the proceedings against Cardinal Pell were the result of a political vendetta against the prelate. According to Fr Brennan, Victoria’s policing and criminal justice systems erred so seriously in relation to Cardinal George Pell that it shows not even victims of abuse or bona fide complainants, let alone an accused person like the cardinal, could rely on them. The law professor and rector of Newman College at the University of Melbourne attended key parts of Cardinal Pell’s trials and appeals and had access to court transcripts. In April he published a book entitled ‘Observations on the Pell proceedings’.
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 8 December
‘As has been the custom for many years an archdiocesan Mass will be celebrated on our diocesan feast day, 7pm, Thursday 8 December, at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral, Karori. The archdiocese will again be entrusted to the care of Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception at this Mass. Parishes are asked to renew that Consecration on the following Sunday, 11 December, at All parish Masses.’ – Cardinal John Dew
Dates and events – what’s on
December 2022
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Pope Francis registers for the next World Youth Day in Lisbon
At the conclusion of the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis registered for the next World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in August 2023. Assisted and accompanied by Portuguese university students studying in Rome, the Pope tapped his way to becoming the first officially registered pilgrim for World Youth Day.