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Politics Welfare

Government committee calls for increase in Centrelink payments

Calls are growing louder for Centrelink payments to be raised further amid an ongoing cost of living crunch for many Australians. Source: Yahoo News.

Families Opinion

A child is a gift, not an article of commerce 

As calls grow for a national surrogacy framework, New South Wales is once again confronting a difficult question: should the creation of a child ever be treated as a service? Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Mission Oceania

Teacher on mission witnesses Gospel being lived in PNG

Brisbane prep teacher Ora Duffley has seen firsthand how holiness is found in daily acts of love and service. Source: The Catholic Leader.

In The Dioceses Laudato Si'

Care for creation takes root at local parish

As Laudato Si’ Week approaches, the garden at the Church of the Nativity in Aberfoyle Park, Adelaide, offers a simple yet powerful expression – “care for our common home”. Source: The Southern Cross.

Death Penalty Pope Leo XIV

Pope speaks out against death penalty

Pope Leo XIV has sent a message of support to participants at a Catholic university event marking 15 years since the abolition of the death penalty in his home state of Illinois. Source: OSV News.

Saints World Youth Day

Seoul names patron saints for WYD 2027

Organisers of World Youth Day Seoul 2027 have announced the selection of five patron saints, saying they were chosen in light of the event’s themes of truth, love and peace. Source: Vatican News.

South East Asia

Archbishop of Manila cooks up plan to ease energy crisis

Cardinal Jose Advincula, the Archbishop of Manila, is mounting an unconventional response to the energy crisis caused by the United States-Israel war on Iran. Source: Crux.

Pope Leo XIV Priesthood

Pope to new priests: Keep Church door open to seekers

Priests are called each day to leave the doors of the Church open to a “suffering humanity” in need and not “be an obstacle to those who wish to enter,” Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.

Anzac Day

Faith and sacrifice honoured at ANZAC Day Mass

Canberra-Goulburn Archbishop Christopher Prowse welcomed a full congregation to St Christopher’s Cathedral in Canberra on Saturday for the National ANZAC Day Mass. Source: Catholic Voice.