Vatican City is a city-state within the city of Rome, Italy. It is home to both Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and is a veritable monument to Catholicism's influence on architecture. It ...

You may have heard the term ‘Paschal Mystery’ but what is it? What does it mean to you? As the Church draws closer to the Triduum (check out the 10 Questions about the Triduum), we are reminded of the ...

Hope, faith, and a whole lot of fun filled the air in Newcastle on Sunday as more than 1,000 people gathered to launch the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year. It started with a Pilgrimage of Hope from ...

The Roman Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world. It has around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and ...

It is with great excitement that Bishop Michael Kennedy has organised an international exhibition of Blessed Carlo Acutis to visit our Diocese this week. Carlo Acutis, a young Italian boy who died at ...

Laurie Woods is based in the School of Theology at the ACU Strathfield campus of Australian Catholic University. He has been teaching biblical studies at ACU in Sydney for 25 years and is also ...

As always, our strength in rugby league has been evident at every level of the pathway in 2024. In three of the four Northern NSW teams, students from the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle made up more ...

Deacons are one of the ordained ministries of the Church alongside priests and bishops. They belong to the Order of Deacons and are ordained by a bishop to ‘serve’ the community in various ways. Keep ...

MNnews.today is your source of Catholic news for the areas of Newcastle, Maitland, Taree, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Valley. The site contains stories from the award-winning diocesan magazine ...

As part of the Catholic Schools Office Virtual Academy, students from across the diocese recently gathered at the University of Newcastle to participate in the Young Voices Exhibition. The Young ...

Some people choose to be optimistic about the future, adopting a positive mindset calculating that “the glass is half full” so “It’ll be alright.” I believe such optimists are better off than ...

Pilgrimage is an important element of every Jubilee Year and there will be opportunities in 2025 for international and local experiences. Those who have travelled the Camino de Santiago understand ...