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Jesuit awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom to visit Australia
A Jesuit who will visit Australia on a speaking tour in October has been awarded the United States’ highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Source: CNA.
King of Jordan promises to protect Christian holy sites
Jordan’s King Abdullah II has offered assurance to Pope Francis that Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem will be protected amid the Israel-Hamas war. Source: OSV News.
Hong Kong Cardinal makes second ‘bridge-building’ trip to China
Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Stephen Chow has paid another “bridge-building” trip to dioceses in mainland China, about a year after his historic visit to Beijing on a similar mission. Source: UCA News.
Heritage fund makes first grants for France’s run-down churches
France’s Heritage Foundation announced the first 100 religious buildings to be renovated by a national fund modelled on unprecedented contributions made to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after it was devastated by fire in 2019. Source: The Tablet.
Church could not go on without you, Pope tells parish priests
Pope Francis published a letter yesterday addressed to all parish priests in the world with his advice for building a missionary Church in which all the baptised share in the mission of proclaiming the Gospel. Source: CNA.
Violence against women highlights importance of Vinnies fundraising
The importance of St Vincent de Paul Society’s fundraising to provide emergency support services has been highlighted by the continuing violence against Australian women, the society’s national president Mark Gaetani said.
Proposed Census change a ‘double bias’ for religions
Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has backed Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB’s fight against the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which wants to effectively wipe religion out of the next Census. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Toowoomba to host First Nations Education Conference in 2025
The Queensland Catholic Education Commission will hold its next First Nations Education Conference in Toowoomba in 2025. Source: Toowoomba Catholic Schools.
New partnership to support mothers and babies in Egypt
Australia’s Critical Care Research Group has announced a new partnership with Rome’s Bambino Gesu Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Cairo’s Human Fraternity Foundation to help support mothers, babies and pregnant women in Egypt. Source: The Catholic Leader.