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All of us are God’s nomads, Pope tells Mongolia’s Catholics
Just a month after celebrating a Mass in Portugal for a crowd of more than 1.5 million attendees, Pope Francis yesterday turned his attention to a local church in Mongolia that has fewer than 1500 Catholics in the entire country. Source: NCR Online.
Northern Territory looks to reinstate euthanasia laws
Northern Territory citizens are being encouraged to have their say on euthanasia as the territory looks to reinstate laws struck down by the Commonwealth almost three decades ago. Source: Yahoo News.
Dutton pledges to hold second referendum if Voice vote fails
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has promised to hold a referendum on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians if the Voice is defeated at the ballot box next month and he wins power at the next election. Source: The Age.
Geraldton Diocese working to preserve buildings designed by architect priest
In a town of just 200 people in Western Australia’s grain belt sits a tall, white church that seemingly has more visitors interested in its architecture than worship these days. Source: ABC News.
Campion development ‘significant moment for college and the nation’
Campion College’s long-awaited academic centre and residential halls have been blessed and officially opened for a new generation of students. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Coalition ramps up opposition to controversial misinformation bill
Opposition communications spokesman David Coleman will today move a motion in Parliament calling on the Albanese Government to shelve its controversial laws to combat online misinformation and disinformation. Source: The Australian.
New Norcia Monastery celebrates organ’s 100th anniversary
New Norcia Benedictine Monastery in Western Australia has celebrated the 100th anniversary of the historic pipe organ in the abbey’s church. Source: The eRecord.
Pope preparing apostolic letter on ‘the Little Flower’
Pope Francis is preparing an apostolic letter on St Thérèse of Lisieux to be published on October 15. Source: CNA.
Rwandan President threatens to arrest Catholic pilgrims who ‘worship poverty’
Days after Rwandan President Paul Kagame warned Catholic pilgrims who “worship poverty” that he would round them up and jail them, clergy in the East Africa nation remained tight-lipped, even as the warning reverberated across the region. Source: OSV News.