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Vatican releases kit to help unpack Magnifica Humanitas
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has released a pastoral kit on Magnifica Humanitas, aiming to make Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical more easily understood. Source: EWTN News.
Global invitation to join Pope in Rosary for peace
Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide Rosary for peace on May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary. Source: OSV News.
Film explores many facets of Kafka’s life and work
A stylised version of the life of Czech writer Franz Kafka is brought to the silver screen in “Franz”. Source: Australian Catholics.
Pope urges respect for ‘norms of the liturgy’
Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to respect the “norms of the liturgy” and not to make changes to the Mass “on their own initiative” in order to avoid confusing the faithful. Source: EWTN News.
Victorian faith leaders seek amendments to conversion therapy laws
Faith leaders have called on the Victorian Government to amend rather than expand the state’s conversion therapy laws. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Report highlights food insecurity crisis across Australia
Food emergency charity providers are calling the ongoing cost-of-living crisis the “cost-of-surviving crisis”, as more and more Australians are not only skipping meals, but eating from bins to cope with severe financial distress. Source: SBS News.
Sydney witnesses 140 confirmations on Pentecost Sunday
More than 100 Sydney Catholics received the sacrament of Confirmation during Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on Pentecost Sunday. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Indigenous women share stories of hope on path to reconciliation
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic have women opened up about their lived experience of hope in a new book inspired by the recent Jubilee Year. Source: ACU.
Early signs of progress from teen social media ban
The commissioner of Australia’s online watchdog has defended a lack of fines against social media companies after the Albanese Government’s under-16s ban. Source: News.com.au.