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Church’s attitude towards young musicians ‘needs to change’
Steven C Warner forged a successful sacred music career in the years following Vatican II, but the longtime choir director and composer suspects job opportunities for today’s young musicians are severely lacking. Source: ACU.
For second time in a month, weapons detected at a papal event
A priest from the Czech Republic was detained Sunday before Pope Francis’ Angelus address in St Peter’s Square after being found to have an air gun, two knives, a box cutter and a screwdriver in his bag. Source: Crux.
Lost Caravaggio artwork to be unveiled in Spain’s Prado museum
Spain’s Prado Museum will unveil a work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio that was considered lost for centuries. Source: ABC News.
Rome to host international conference on sport and spirituality
Some 200 participants will gather in Rome next week for an international conference on sport and spirituality organised by the Vatican and the French embassy to the Holy See ahead of the Paris Olympic Games. Source: Vatican News.
Proposed changes to Queensland act would ‘betray’ faith communities
Proposed changes to the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act would be a “betrayal of all faith communities” in the state, an open letter from Queensland Churches Together warns. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference elects new vice president
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has a new vice president after elections in Sydney. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Sydney to have world’s second shrine dedicated to St Charbel
St Charbel is the saint with more than 40,000 known miracles attributed to his intercession. And soon, Sydney’s south west will be home to only the second shrine in the world dedicated to him. Source: Daily Telegraph.
Labor wipes out $3 billion of student debt
More than three million Australians will have their student debt wiped in a bid to win over younger voters who have been crushed by the cost-of-living crisis. Source: SBS News.
A mother’s love: generations gather for inaugural conference
Mothers, grandmothers, religious and clergy gathered in Melbourne for the first Mothers Who Pray for Their Children conference in Australia. Source: Melbourne Catholic.