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Expanding prison capacity ‘won’t do anything to prevent crime’
Jesuit Social Services says a $727 million expansion of Victoria’s prison capacity, announced ahead of the 2025/26 State Budget, is money spent at the wrong end of the system and won’t do anything to prevent crime in the long run.
Death of friend turns parishioner’s trek into pilgrimage
When Kingston-Channel parishioner John Prichard set out to walk across Tasmania during Lent, he envisioned a long, symbolic trek to mark his retirement after 42 years of work. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Zelenskyy invites Pope to Ukraine during first conversation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed he spoke with Pope Leo XIV and invited him to visit Ukraine. Source: Crux.
US bishops condemn ‘moral evil’ of pornography
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a 10-year anniversary preface to its document on the harms of pornography. Source: The Catholic Herald.
South Korean youth urged to become ‘witnesses of hope’
A South Korean archbishop has urged attendees of a Catholic youth festival in the national capital, Seoul, to respond with courage and faith to God’s call to religious life. Source: UCA News.
Albanese to attend inauguration of Pope Leo
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will attend the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Sunday. Source: Sky News Australia.
Pope thanks media and calls for release of jailed journalists
Pope Leo XIV has asked journalists to be peacemakers by shunning prejudice and anger in their reporting and called for the release of journalists imprisoned for their work. Source: OSV News.
CRA celebrates election of Augustinian Pope
Catholic Religious Australia has welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV and expressed its “joy in this moment of newness and opportunity as another chapter commences in the life of the Church”.
Catholic organisations welcome reappointment of Labor ministers
Major Catholic organisations have congratulated the Albanese Government ministerial appointments for the education, social services, health and aged care sectors.