The Church is a family with a wide embrace. God warmly welcomes each of us, and we, in turn, are called to welcome and embrace each other, extending our arms ever outward.
In this week’s news, the people of God in Melbourne and Ukraine are celebrating the exciting news that the Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sts Peter and Paul, Bishop Mykola Bychok CSsR, is among the 21 new cardinals, from all parts of the globe, recently named by Pope Francis.
As delegates representing the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics continue to walk together at the second assembly of the Synod of Bishops, we look back at the first week of this historic month-long gathering in Rome.
And more than 300 young people from across the Archdiocese recently came together for the inaugural Migrant Youth Festival, an opportunity to celebrate the diverse gifts of Melbourne’s migrant communities and to be reminded that we are never alone on the journey of faith.