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01/03/2013
Vatican Information Service: 28 February - This afternoon, shortly after 5pm, Benedict XVI left the Vatican for the last time as Supreme Pontiff.
01/03/2013
Vatican Information Service: 28 February - At 11am in the Clementine Hall, Benedict XVI greeted the College of Cardinals, whose dean, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, addressed a short farewell to the Pope on behalf of all those present.
01/03/2013
Project Compassion 2013: Salma, 18, lives with her husband, Masud in Bangladesh. Early in her pregnancy with her first child, Salma experienced abdominal pain, couldn’t eat and was very sick.
28/02/2013
Rome Reports: Benedict XVI has led his last general audience, which was also his last public event as Pope.
27/02/2013
Having failed to secure sufficient support for same-sex marriage in the Federal Parliament in September last year efforts by advocates and supporters are now being directed to state and territory legislatures.
26/02/2013
Catholic News Agency reports the conclave to choose the next Pope will likely begin between 9 and 11 March.
25/02/2013
Catholic News Service interview with the Bishop of Parramatta, Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP, on Pope Benedict’s teachings on bioethics, during the plenary meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome (21-23 February).
25/02/2013
When under-35s from across Australia participate in NSW's annual Reasons for Hope weekends, they aim to deepen their faith with other like-minded young people. What most don't expect is to also meet the girl they will marry.
22/02/2013
Project Compassion 2013: One of six children, Raymundo, 24, was born into a very poor family. At eight years of age, he was told that he had good hands and good legs, so he can go and start earning money for the family.
18/02/2013
Catholic Outlook February 2013: The St Vincent de Paul Society in the Parramatta Diocese is calling for volunteers willing to make a difference by sharing their time, knowledge and encouragement to people exiting prison.