Daniel Ang

Joint Press Release - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land

is found in sacrificial self-gift. May we walk these days with solemn reverence, repentance, and trust in God’s promises. May we be transformed by His grace, and our lives bear witness to the hope and redemption found in the crucified and risen Christ.

Holy Week begins, not as mere remembrance but as entry into the Paschal Mystery: Christ’s obedience unto death, the triumph of the Cross, and the promise of Resurrection. In these days, we follow the Lord who empties himself in love, revealing that true glory

The same voices that cry “Hosanna” can falter, yet Christ enters anyway, patient, knowing our weakness, inviting surrender over the detachment of mere spectacle.

The Church Fathers often read Palm Sunday as the arrival of one who comes in humility, not domination, riding a donkey, the symbol of the poor, welcomed with palms, yet moving toward the Cross.

NEW EPISODE DROPPED! In which @DanielAngRC and I compare the transcendental of beauty to the dietary fibre of metaphysics. The link will move you profoundly. is.gd/5XMXhT #awkwardasiantheologians #beauty #podcast #metaphysics #theology

Mike and Alicia Hernon are coming to @SydneyCatholic. Their Messy Family Podcast reaches more than 25,000 families each month, combining Catholic theology, the grace of matrimony, and practical wisdom drawn from the Hernons’ experience raising ten children catholicweekly.com.au/the-battle-eve…

In parish or diocesan settings, friction, confusion, and underperformance tend to happen naturally. Everything else requires prayer, leadership and organisation.

A heads up that our latest episode with me and @DanielAngRC , on the transcendental of beauty, drops this Saturday morning! For show: is.gd/FKpbkZ #awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #beauty

Pope Leo XIV has tonight appointed Bishop of Broken Bay Anthony Randazzo as the Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts mediablog.catholic.org.au/australian-bis…

Inspired by the quiet strength and fidelity of St Joseph, you are invited to walk together in pilgrimage across Sydney in our annual men’s Camino, brought to you by the Life, Marriage & Family team at the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation - 21 & 22 August 2026

and then let’s rush out into a starving world and tell everybody we meet, ‘Starving people, listen! We found where the food is!’” - Monsignor James Shea

“It’s time for faithful Catholics to stop trying to live for God. Instead we should start livingfrom him. The body and blood of the Lord is the source of our life, our energy, and our joy. So let’s eat and drink here and every day to our heart’s content

Very apt description. “He writes in a way that destabilizes notions of identity by showing a remarkable openness to the full range of human experience and cultural artifacts, both sacred and secular” commonwealmagazine.org/erik-varden-ba…

The number of Catholics in Germany shrank by more than half a million in 2025, leaving just 19.22 million Catholics in the country, according to the latest Church statistics released Monday by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) ewtnnews.com/world/europe/n…

On the feast of St. Joseph, Pope Leo XIV announced that he is asking the presidents of all bishops’ conferences around the world to convene in Rome in October 2026 to renew and deepen the Church’s discussion on marriage and family in light of Amoris Laetitia.

聖若瑟被尊為普世教會的護守者，他以謙遜、信德與勇氣，默默守護聖家，也守護著教會。 讓我們懇求聖若瑟，為整個教會、教宗良十四世和本人轉禱，也守護每位忠於信仰的人。 我們也特別為世界和平，特別是中東的局勢祈禱！#大聖若瑟 #老若瑟 《萬福聖若瑟》 萬福，聖若瑟，你充滿恩寵， 主與你同在。 你在男子中受讚頌， 你淨配瑪利亞胎中的耶穌， 同受讚頌。 聖若瑟，耶穌的養父， 求你現在和我們臨終時， 為我們罪人祈求天主。亞孟。 English Saint Joseph is venerated by the Church as the Patron of the Universal Church. With humility, faith, and courage, he silently protected the Holy Family and continues to protect the Church. Let us especially ask for the intercession of Saint Joseph to guard the whole Church, Pope Leo XIV, and myself, and to protect all those who remain faithful to the faith. We also pray in a particular way for peace in the world, especially for the situation in the Middle East. #StJoseph #oldyosef Hail Saint Joseph Hail, Saint Joseph, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among men, and blessed is Jesus, the fruit of the womb of your spouse Mary. Saint Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray to God for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Italiano San Giuseppe è venerato dalla Chiesa come Patrono della Chiesa universale. Con umiltà, fede e coraggio egli custodì silenziosamente la Santa Famiglia e continua a custodire la Chiesa. Chiediamo in modo speciale l’intercessione di San Giuseppe perché protegga tutta la Chiesa, Papa Leone XIV e anche me, e custodisca tutti coloro che rimangono fedeli alla fede. Preghiamo anche in modo particolare per la pace nel mondo, specialmente per la situazione in Medio Oriente. #onomastico #Giuseppe Ave San Giuseppe Ave, San Giuseppe, pieno di grazia, il Signore è con te. Tu sei benedetto fra gli uomini e benedetto è Gesù, il frutto del seno della tua sposa Maria. San Giuseppe, padre putativo di Gesù, prega Dio per noi peccatori, adesso e nell’ora della nostra morte. Amen.

A sinner can be saved. A corrupt person cannot” (Pope Francis). We hide to be loved, but in hiding we block love. Conversion begins at resistance, in prayer and honest self-examination. When we risk being our true selves, even in weakness, we find real freedom and joy.

Gathered for our annual staff retreat with Fr Greg Morgan this Lent - entering deeply into repentance & conversion. “We are only as sick as our secrets”. Where have we hidden our true selves? In naming the distance within, we begin to recover who we truly are.

Green goodies for the team on St Patrick’s Day. I had not known he came from a Romanised family in Briton and was trafficked across the Irish Sea. The patron saint of Ireland began as a migrant slave, reshaping the culture that once captured him.