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Notre Dame expands Sydney campus with new acquisition
The University of Notre Dame Australia will expand its footprint in Sydney through the acquisition of a 4000-square-metre lease at Mountain Street, Ultimo, on the university’s Broadway Campus.
New prayer campaign asks Catholics to ‘Pray with the Pope’
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has launched a new prayer campaign in which Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to pray with him for the great challenges facing the world. Source: CNA.
Caritas appeals for action as Sudan crisis reaches 1000 days
Caritas Australia is calling for urgent international action and attention as the conflict in Sudan reached its 1000th day on Friday.
Greenlanders reject US plan, island’s only Catholic priest says
The Trump Administration‘s plans to acquire Greenland for the United States – either through purchase from Denmark or by military means– are being met with concern and “a quiet strength” by residents, says the Arctic island’s only Catholic parish priest. Source: OSV News.
Bishops urge communities to be peacemakers
As the Church’s Jubilee Year draws to a close, Australia’s Catholic Bishops have emphasised its theme of ‘pilgrims of hope’ in their annual Christmas messages, urging communities to be peacemakers.
Peace must be protected and cultivated: Pope
The “confrontational” tone dominating both global and national politics is “deepening instability and unpredictability day by day”, Pope Leo XIV wrote in his message for World Peace Day. Source: CNS.
Catholic sector welcomes announcement of antisemitism taskforce
The National Catholic Education Commission has heralded the Albanese Government’s announcement of an Antisemitism Education Taskforce as an important and necessary step to end the scourge of antisemitism and hate-based rhetoric and action in our society.
Labor plans new laws targeting hate preachers
The Albanese Government is writing new laws over Christmas to stamp out hate preachers and beef up criminal consequences for people who make racist threats. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Vinnies urges government to use 2026 budget to tackle poverty
The St Vincent de Paul Society is calling on the Albanese Government to make the 2026-27 Budget a turning point for the millions of people in Australia, including 950,000 children, who are living below the poverty line.