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Commission rejects female deacons, calls for more study
A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while also supporting more study on the issue. Source: CNS.
Conference president addresses Ukrainian Catholic leaders
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who were meeting in Melbourne this week. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Maronite youth gather with Pope in Lebanon
Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay led a delegation of more than 40 young Australian Lebanese on a historic pilgrimage to Lebanon for Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit this week. Source: Maronite Eparchy.
Concerns raised over disability scheme changes
Participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme will, in most cases, no longer be able to appeal against their total amount of funding support to any external review body, executives have confirmed. Source:The Guardian.
New report highlights scourge of loneliness
A New South Wales Upper House report has found that widespread loneliness is a social scourge associated with poor mental and physical health, social behaviour and educational and employment outcomes. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Search engines asked to blur inappropriate images
Search engines will soon have to blur pornographic image results to protect children from accidental exposure and automatically redirect Australians seeking information on self-harm to mental health supports. Source: ABC News.
Campaign to end death penalty steps up in US
Catholics and pro-life conservatives joined a broad coalition of more than 50 organisations seeking to end the death penalty in the United States amid the 2025 surge in executions. Source: CNA.
Threats made against Bangladesh Catholic colleges
The president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Bangladesh has raised alarm after an Islamic group threatened to attack two prominent Catholic colleges in Dhaka, accusing them of converting Muslims. Source: UCA News.
Emotional film debut for director Johansson
After a devastating loss, witty and proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein tells a tale that takes on a life of its own. Source: Australian Catholics.