Skip to content

Australian Embassy to the Holy See Hosts Events Highlighting Indigenous People

The Australian Embassy to the Holy See is hosting a series of events this week, highlighting the contributions of indigenous peoples. Reconciliation Week includes discussions on the first Aboriginal liturgy 50 years ago. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser, sat down with the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Chiara Porro, to find out more. She explains how the Catholic Church is doing in Australia and how the country’s relations are with the Holy See. Porro tells us more about the reconciliation week. The aboriginal invited to reconciliation week was also invited to speak to Pope Francis. This is a topic that is also close to his heart. Porro fills us in on how that meeting went.

Receive the most important news from EWTN Vatican via WhatsApp. It has become increasingly difficult to see Catholic news on social media. Subscribe to our free channel today

Share

Would you like to receive the latest updates on the Pope and the Vatican

Receive articles and updates from our EWTN Newsletter.

More news related to this article

The Vatican Gears Up for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

The Vatican and the French Embassy to the Holy See join forces to organize a conference on sport and spirituality in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games. Cardinal Mendonça emphasized the Church's vision of humanizing sport.

7 common myths and facts about the rosary

October is designated by the Catholic Church as the Month of the Rosary, and Oct. 7 is the

The Jubilee of Youth from St. John Paul II to Leo XIV: The ardent spirit of youth

Twenty-five years have gone by since St. John Paul II transformed the Tor Vergata esplanade in the south of Rome into the beating heart of the young Church for the World Youth Day celebration in 2000.

LIVE from the Vatican | General Audience with Pope Francis | May 24th, 2023

LIVE | Join us for the General Audience with Pope Francis from St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis calls for global day of prayer and fasting amid escalating conflict in Holy Land

Pope Francis has called for a global day of prayer and fasting on Oct. 7 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel amid escalating violence in the region.

The Assyrian-Catholic bond: a model of unity despite differences

ACI Mena, CNA's Arabic-language partner, interviewed the Assyrian Church of the East's catholicos-patriarch on Pope Francis' inclusion of St. Isaac of Nineveh in the Roman Martyrology.

LIVE
FROM THE VATICAN

Be present live on EWTNVatican.com