"It is time to raise our gaze and move towards encounter and reconciliation with justice. The country must not continue in anxiety, fear and uncertainty," the statement read.
The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, offered condolences over the death of Cardinal George Pell in a statement published on January 11. Australian Cardinal Pell died at the age of 81 in Rome on January 10.
Singaporean Cardinal paid tribute to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in the statement published on January 2. “We are sad to hear that Pope Emeritus Benedict passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022,” Cardinal William Goh said.
In a press statement, the Vatican notes with "surprise and regret" the installation of the Auxiliary Bishop of Jiangxi, a diocese not currently recognized by the Holy See.