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Israeli shell hits Gaza church that late pope called every day

Three people were killed and 10 were wounded, including the parish priest who regularly spoke to Pope Francis. Israel expressed regret over what it described as an accident.

  • Wafaa Shurafa and Melanie Lidman

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The Reverend James Kelly celebrates Mass at his nursing home for the residents.

At 100, this globetrotting Catholic priest reveals the secret to his longevity

Reverend James Kelly once ministered to large congregations, but he believes the daily Mass in his living room at his retirement village is as important.

Above, left: Pocock aged seven in his first year at Sydney’s Redfield, an Opus Dei school. Right: at a 2023 premiere in Melbourne for a film in which he plays an exorcist.

‘A living hell’: X-Men star on growing up gay in Opus Dei

He’s an Australian actor who achieved his Hollywood dream. But it would take years for Tim Pocock to overcome the shame of growing up gay in Opus Dei.

  • Tim Pocock
Catholic school teachers are on a collision course with their employers over pay and conditions.

Unholy workplace row brewing in state’s Catholic schools

Catholic school teachers and their employers cannot even agree on the framework for talks on a new wage deal.

  • Noel Towell
La Trobe MP Jason Wood and his Labor challenger, Jeff Springfield.

A Lib MP, a Labor opponent and an open and shut case of cross-party unity

Who reaches their middle years without losing something of great emotional value? Certainly not Liberal MP Jason Wood. His Labor opponent was able to help.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Pope Leo XIV during a private meeting at the Vatican, Monday, May 19, 2025

Albanese invites Pope Leo XIV to visit Australia in private meeting at the Vatican

The rare one-on-one talks, the first for an Australian prime minister in 16 years, included a deeply personal moment when the prime minister asked the Pope to bless his mother’s rosary beads.

  • David Crowe
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Pope Leo XIV is pictured with Vice President JD Vance, second from left, his wife Usha Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second from right, and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, at the Vatican on Monday.

Pope Leo meets J.D. Vance after saying US vice president was wrong

Their meeting signalled the Vatican’s diplomatic influence under the new Pope and its potential to act as a venue for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

  • David Crowe
Pope Leo XIV after he received the vestments and ring of office.

Pope Leo vows not to be an autocrat, receives the ring of office

Albanese met the Pope soon after the Mass, shaking hands briefly with other leaders within the Vatican.

  • David Crowe
Anthony Albanese departs St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne after Pope Francis’s death in April.

‘It’s part of who I am’: PM heads for Rome as questions raised about his faith

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cited his Catholic childhood as a key influence on his approach to government as he heads to Rome for the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
The Chicago White Sox honour Pope Leo XIV on the scoreboard before a baseball game.

The unassuming parish where a future pope was once an altar boy

Sport is religion in Chicago. The biggest question locals had here once Cardinal Robert Prevost became the new pope was which baseball team he supported.

  • Michael Koziol

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