Scholarship winners celebrate NAIDOC Week in Rome
Two First Nations students in Rome as winners of the 2025 Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship have shared their stories of family, culture and community at an event at the Australian Embassy to the Holy...
View ArticleFaith leaders in Melbourne unite against antisemitism
In a gesture of solidarity and hope, Melbourne’s religious leaders came together on the steps of an East Melbourne synagogue yesterday to denounce antisemitism and affirm their shared commitment to...
View ArticleAntisemitism plan threatens funding cuts to universities, institutions
Australia’s antisemitism envoy has told the Albanese government to strip funding from universities, charities and cultural institutions that fail to combat hatred against Jewish people. Source: Sydney...
View ArticlePlans to turn Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Chicago into historic site
The Village of Dolton, a Chicago suburb, has bought Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home for $US375,000 ($570,000). Source: Catholic Review.
View ArticleVatican approves Marian devotion in Slovakia but doesn’t recognise apparitions
The Vatican’s doctrinal office has granted a nihil obstat to a Marian devotion related to alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Slovakia. Source: CNA.
View ArticleGaza’s Christian community ‘exhausted’ by war and lack of food
The parish priest of Gaza’s small Christian community says his flock is exhausted by war and a severe lack of food. Source: Vatican News.
View ArticleHow do you improve teaching, learning and wellbeing? Take a break
Beginning in 2027, Catholic Education WA will implement a three-week, mid-year break for its 150 schools. Source: The Record.
View ArticleAustralian Jesuits welcome two new priests into their ranks
The Australian Jesuits have welcomed two new priests into their ranks, with the ordination of Fr Isaac Demase and Fr Joshua Chong. Source: Jesuit.org.au.
View ArticleCaritas Australia chief calls for more protection for aid workers
Caritas Australia chief executive Kirsten Sayers has called for stronger protections for aid workers in a meeting with Australian ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt.
View ArticleAlbanese under pressure from Greens over human rights act
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing pressure from the Greens to take advantage of his parliamentary majority to implement a human rights act, which has drawn criticism for galvanising judicial...
View ArticleGovernment urged to adopt climate pollution reduction plan
Catholic Religious Australia has written open letters to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, urging the Government to adopt a strong climate pollution...
View ArticleCaring for others is the supreme law: Pope
In the service of life, caring for others is “the supreme law” that comes before all of society’s rules, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
View ArticleGunmen kill security guard, abduct three seminarians in Nigeria
Three seminarians were kidnapped and a security guard was killed in an armed attack on Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria on July 10. Source: CNA.
View ArticleUK abortion figures ‘shocking and tragic’
Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales ends in abortion, newest government figures have revealed. Source: OSV News.
View ArticleChurch leaders visit West Bank Christian town after attacks by Israeli settlers
Church leaders in the Holy Land made a joint visit to the only all-Christian town in the West Bank after it suffered attacks by illegal Israeli settlers. Source: The Tablet.
View ArticleCarmelite Monastery an oasis of peace and prayer for 50 years
While the demographics of the Carmelite community members have changed over the years, their life of prayer in intimate friendship with Christ remains constant. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
View ArticleChalmers says Labor can meet commitment to build 1.2m homes by 2029
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has doubled down on Labor’s ability to build 1.2 million homes by June 30, 2029, after accidentally published advice from Treasury said the deadline would not be met....
View ArticleSydney on track to follow Vatican guidelines on global Synod
Bishop Daniel Meagher says the Sydney Archdiocese is on track to follow the Vatican’s guidelines for the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
View ArticleFinancial losses force Darwin college to close boarding facility
Catholic Education Northern Territory will close the boarding facility at St John’s Catholic College in Darwin at the end of this year.
View ArticleNeed for reform of aged care system has reached a critical point
The journey toward a reformed aged care system in Australia has reached a critical juncture, writes Catholic Health Australia’s Alex Lynch.
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