Caritas Lebanon delivers 130,000 hot meals in four days
Caritas Australia’s partners in Lebanon have given an update on the charity’s assistance in the beleaguered country, with more than 130,000 hot meals delivered in four days to people in need.
View ArticleDiocese welcomes publication of first external audit report
Broken Bay Diocese has welcomed the publication of its first external audit report against the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards. Source: Broken Bay News.
View ArticleHuman Rights Commissioner warns Labor not to rush social media laws
Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has raised concerns about Labor’s crackdown on digital platforms, warning that rushed laws to impose minimum age limits on social media could cause more harm than...
View ArticleArchbishop Costelloe elected to Synod Council
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been elected to the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
View ArticleWe all need to open ourselves to Christ’s infinite love: Pope
A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Church in need of revitalising its missionary joy must open themselves up to Christ’s infinite love, Pope Francis says in his...
View ArticleChurch groups commit to biodiversity at COP16
The Vatican and other Catholic groups sent representatives to join the 23,000 delegates at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Colombia. Source: The Tablet.
View ArticleCommonwealth leaders agree on ‘reparatory justice’ for slavery
Commonwealth leaders have agreed “the time has come” for a conversation about making amends for slavery. Source: ABC News.
View ArticleRosary Online celebrates third anniversary
Amid COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese launched The Rosary Online using the Zoom website platform and it is still going strong. Source: Catholic Voice.
View ArticleWinemaker reveals secrets to success in business and faith
Tim Kirk, the chief executive of multi-award-winning Australian winery Clonakilla, has encouraged Sydney’s Catholic youth to envisage how faith and business can work together to inform their lives....
View ArticleInaugural Kirup Camino hits the track
Bunbury Diocese has marked World Mission Month with the inaugural 16-kilometre Kirup Camino walk. Source: The eRecord.
View ArticlePope Benedict’s pre-papal writings to be published in English
Some two dozen works of the late Pope Benedict XVI’s pre-papal writings will be made available in English, many for the first time, in a new translation project to be edited by Australian theologian...
View ArticleYouth crime tops the agenda for new Queensland government
Liberal National Party Queensland leader David Crisafulli has wasted little time after the party claimed victory in state elections and ended Labor’s nine-year reign. Source: SBS News.
View ArticleChurch must continue as a missionary Church: Pope
The Church cannot risk becoming “static” but must continue as a “missionary Church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world”, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS.
View ArticleSynod calls for all baptised Catholics to help chart a path forward
Pope Francis’ three-year consultation on the future of the Church concluded at the weekend, outlining challenges and proposing ways for all the baptised to be involved in charting a path forward....
View ArticleChurch opposes plan to charge admission to Notre Dame
The French government has proposed introducing an entry fee for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to fund the conservation of religious heritage sites in France. Source: Catholic Herald.
View ArticleEnglish bishop says euthanasia bill could lead to decline in palliative care
Noting that Britain founded the modern hospice movement, an English bishop says a proposal to legalise assisted suicide could lead to “a gradual decline in funding for palliative care”. Source: Crux.
View ArticleChurch leaders warn of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan
Church leaders in Sudan have warned of a neglected humanitarian crisis in the country, with international attention fixed on conflicts elsewhere. Source: The Tablet.
View ArticleYoung Christian Workers ‘immerse’ themselves in Indonesia
Two Australian Young Christian Workers leaders travelled to Indonesia to take part in YCW’s Continental Cultural Immersion program. Source: YCW Australia.
View ArticleChalmers says Labor won’t go on pre-election spending spree
Australians have been warned there will be no “free for all” of spending of public money ahead of the federal election to win over voters in the continuing cost-of-living crisis. Source: News.com.au.
View ArticlePope to open Holy Door at Rome prison
Two days after opening the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a “tangible sign of the message of hope”...
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