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Labor offers faith groups cash to release unused land for housing
Faith groups are signing up for funds to build affordable homes and fill a gap in the housing market, prompting the Government to offer them more cash if they are willing to release unused land. Source: The Age.
NAPLAN scores soar after return to old-school teaching methods
A Catholic school cluster has shot to success in this year’s NAPLAN results, after abandoning failed teaching fads through the nation’s biggest experiment in the science of learning. Source: The Australian.
Australian Catholic University warned it faces losing its religious designation
High-profile Catholic lawyers have warned the Australian Catholic University it faces losing its religious designation if it fails to defend the faith as Church leaders split with university bosses in the fallout from an anti-abortion speech on campus. Source: SMH.
Pope invites Christians to allow God to fill their lives with hope
In his prayer intention for December, Pope Francis invites Christians to pray that each person may become a pilgrim of hope as a result of the 2025 Jubilee. Source: Vatican News.
Sydney’s newest priests are on their Way
The Church in Sydney has been blessed with two new priests after Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP ordained Luis Alejandro Giraldo Alvarez and Nonie Tiburan at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Gaining job skills one cup at a time
A new social enterprise cafe in Melbourne’s east is set to help people with disability gain essential job skills training and opportunities to join the paid workforce. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Mixed reaction from Catholics over Biden pardon
United States President Joe Biden’s expansive pardon for his son Hunter Biden on Sunday brought strong reaction from Catholic political observers and lawmakers alike, including criticism from Republicans and some members of his own Democratic Party. Source: OSV News.
Friars call for international response after missile strike on Aleppo monastery
The Syrian city of Aleppo has been under intense siege since Sunday, marked by the shelling of the Latin Holy Land monastery in the Al-Furqan neighbourhood. Source: CNA.
Church opposes president’s plan to resume mining in El SalvadorÂ
Catholics in El Salvador have criticised President Nayib Bukele’s plan to resume mining in the Central American nation, where the exploitation of metal deposits has been illegal since 2017. Source: Crux.