Australia

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, the Catholic Church’s youngest cardinal, sat down with OSV News to share his thoughts on hope, war, his time in Russia, and the church in Australia.

Cardinal Pell died of a heart attack Jan. 10 at a Rome hospital after undergoing hip surgery. He was 81. His burial was scheduled for Feb. 2 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, where he had served as archbishop before Pope Francis chose him as prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.

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Lack of N95 hospital-grade masks in Australia, will cause disastrous consequences on the Catholic Health Australia system.

Catholic bishops in Australia will entrust the country to the care of Mary, Help of Christians, on her feast day, May 24.

Saying that “there is no end in sight to the horror which confronts us,” Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, said the bishops have implemented a national response to months of wildfires.

As some of the worst wildfires in Australian history rage across four states, thousands of people in affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria continue to be evacuated to safety.