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Academic who helped establish ACU awarded honorary doctorate
Gabrielle McMullen has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Australian Catholic University (ACU) for her contributions to Catholic education and Church institutions.
Myanmar refugees hit hard by US foreign aid cuts
Hundreds of thousands of people who fled their homes in conflict-torn Myanmar to live in camps across the Thailand border are facing growing hardship following US foreign aid cuts. Source: UCA News.
New York law allowing assisted suicide will turn ‘healers into killers’
New York’s cardinal has severely criticised a vote to allow assisted suicide across New York State, describing the proposed law as “a disaster waiting to happen”. Source: The Catholic Herald.
Habemus papam: US cardinal elected Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, has been elected the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Source: CNS.
Australian bishops welcome Pope Leo XIV
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the Pope, now known as Pope Leo XIV.
Biography of Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian pope and the second Roman pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the Americas. Source: Vatican News.
New Bishop of Armidale says being a shepherd ‘in his blood’
Bishop Peter Murphy was ordained and installed as the 11th Bishop of Armidale at a joyful celebration in the diocese’s Saints Mary and Joseph’s Cathedral last night. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Thousands rally against ‘evil’ abortion bill
Thousands of people rallied for a second time outside New South Wales Parliament House to oppose an “evil” bill that could force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions, while removing the conscientious objection rights of health care workers across the state. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Students learn Church’s laws on annulment of marriage
Fourteen students from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore and Guam who work in Catholic marriage tribunals will today complete the second stage of the Institute of Tribunal Practice.