Korean diocese honours martyred missionary priest
Wonju Diocese in South Korea has unveiled a statue of the US-born missionary priest James Maginn who was martyred by North Korean communist forces during the Korean War. Source: UCA News.
View ArticleHoly See renews call for debt cancellation for small island nations
The Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations has urged the international community to help Small Island Developing States through concrete efforts, which can include debt relief and debt...
View ArticleCostner’s western both a grand and intimate epic
The first chapter of Kevin Costner’s epic film project chronicles a multi-faceted, 15-year span of pre- and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American west. Source: Australian Catholics.
View ArticleCaritas celebrates partnerships with First Nations communities
Caritas Australia has marked NAIDOC Week by celebrating its First Nations partners and the projects they support together in communities across Australia.
View ArticleNew team to integrate formation and engagement in schools
After a six-month strategic review, Brisbane Catholic Education will integrate its Catholic Identity and Religious Education teams to focus on formation and engagement across its South East Queensland...
View ArticleAustralians lend a hand to Archdiocese of Suva
Since 2006, the Catholic Church in Australia has been assisting the Archdiocese of Suva and a number of other dioceses in the Pacific with canonical matters. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
View ArticleAdvocates hit out at slow progress of social media reform
Digital rights and privacy advocates have vented their frustration at the federal government's slow progress in reining in social media companies amid harms such as disinformation, radicalisation and...
View ArticleHeadsets connect doctor to patient – in high definition
Catholic Healthcare is using Microsoft’s holographic headset HoloLens to carry out telehealth appointments between residential care nurses and remote doctors. Source: iTnews.
View ArticleAustralians named in study groups for second Synod assembly
Three Australians have been named among the members of Vatican-appointed study groups looking at questions such as women deacons, the ministry of bishops, and synodal formation for priests from last...
View ArticleVatican maintenance crew hires women for the first time in 500 years
Two women have been hired for the specialised maintenance crew of St Peter’s Basilica for the first time in its 500-year history. Source: CNA.
View ArticleBishops warn EU deal could push abortion, gender rights on Africa
Nigeria’s bishops are calling for changes to an economic cooperation agreement between the European Union and Africa, claiming it would force African nations to adopt abortion and gender rights...
View ArticleTrump names Catholic senator as running mate
Donald Trump has named Ohio senator JD Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate on the Republican ticket for the United States presidential election in November. Source: OSV News.
View ArticleNew initiative integrates Catholic teaching with psychological support
Campion College has become the first higher education provider to collaborate with the CatholicPsych Institute to launch CPFlourish, an initiative that integrates Catholic teachings with cutting-edge...
View ArticleConference to consider future of mission-led healthcare
Artificial intelligence expert Joel Pearson, motivational speaker and London bombing survivor Gill Hicks and health economist Stephen Duckett will speak at Catholic Health Australia’s annual conference...
View ArticleParramatta Diocese announces its newest parish
St Luke’s, Marsden Park, will be formally recognised as the newest parish of the Parramatta Diocese on January 1, 2025. Source: Catholic Outlook.
View ArticleLabor minister warns democracy under threat
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has warned that democracy in Australia and overseas is under threat due to populism, misinformation, disinformation and foreign interference. Source: ABC News.
View ArticleCoalition calls for end of stalemate on religious discrimination laws
The Coalition has called on Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to end a stalemate over Labor’s draft religious discrimination laws and to redraft the legislation with feedback from faith groups. Source: The...
View ArticleBishop ‘served the Lord and his Church with courage, creativity and fidelity’
Bishop Emeritus Kevin Manning, the second Bishop of Parramatta, died yesterday, aged 90. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
View ArticleVatican permits devotion to alleged Marian apparition
Applying its new norms intended to quicken rulings on alleged supernatural phenomena, the Vatican’s doctrinal office has permitted devotion associated with alleged Marian apparitions in southern Italy....
View ArticleSri Lankan court tells former president to pay compensation to bombing victims
The top court in Sri Lanka has ordered former president Maithripala Sirisena to pay compensation to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attack by August 30 or face legal action. Source: UCA News.
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