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CSSA joins call to raise minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 years
Catholic Social Services Australia has written to Australia’s attorneys-general, urging immediate action on the recommendations of a recent inquiry’s final report into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system.
Australians will live longer and retire with more super in 2066: Report
Australians will live longer and retire with more super in 2066 despite the world becoming “more unpredictable, more unequal”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will say in a speech today. Source: The Australian.
Pope praises Catholics leading Church ‘in new directions’
Pope Leo XIV has highlighted the contributions of laypeople and religious who helped shape Catholic social teaching and embodied “a Church forging ahead in new directions”. Source: EWTN News.
WA bishops launch new mandate for state’s Catholic education
Western Australia’s Catholic bishops have launched a new mandate document for Catholic education in the state. Source: The Record.
Reconciliation dinner celebrates First Nations culture
More than 300 elders, parish representatives, Church agency leaders and community members gathered to commemorate First Nations culture and reflect on the shared journey of truth-telling at Brisbane Archdiocese’s annual Reconciliation Dinner. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Retired military bishop reflects on 18 years of service
Long before Bishop Emeritus Max Davis led Australia’s Military Ordinariate, he was a teenager serving in the Navy and beginning to sense a call from God. Source: Catholic Voice.
Pope appeals for aid to Somalia
Pope Leo XIV called for international solidarity with Somalia, where ongoing violence and extreme weather are making an already severe humanitarian crisis even worse. Source: Crux Now.
Hate speech poisons public discourse: Vatican diplomat
The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations has told a UN conference that hate speech “contradicts the commandment to love one’s neighbour”. Source: OSV News.
WYD invites young people to encounter the Lord
Inviting a young person to World Youth Day means more than adding a name to a list of participants, Seoul Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung OCD told delegates during an international preparatory meeting for WYD Seoul 2027 last week. Source: Vatican News.