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Tasmanian company develops ice cream for palliative care patients
An ice cream manufacturer in northern Tasmania has collaborated with healthcare provider Calvary to develop an ice cream for patients in palliative care. Source: ABC News.
Prison ministry offers support Inside and Outside
Kairos Prison Ministry, which has provided support and programs for over 10,000 individuals affected by incarceration across Australia, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Source: Catholic Voice.
Pope’s invitation to pray for peaceful coexistence
This month, Pope Leo XIV is inviting people to pray “that societies avoid internal conflicts due to ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons”. Source: Vatican News.
Giant mural in Argentina honours Pope Francis
Just a few metres from Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the Argentine city of La Plata stands the world’s largest mural dedicated to Pope Francis. Source: CNA.
Exiled Nicaraguan bishop honoured with peace award
Separated from his native Nicaragua by a government that disowned him for speaking up for justice and peace, Bishop Silvio Jose Báez Ortega has accepted a peace award that he dedicated to courageous Nicaraguans continuing that advocacy. Source: OSV News.
British saint to be declared Doctor of the Universal Church
St John Henry Newman will soon be declared a Doctor of the Universal Church, the Vatican announced yesterday. Source: Crux.
Changes to NT law ‘protects rights of people of faith’
Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci has welcomed proposed changes to the Northern Territory’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1992, which aim to restore balance between religious freedom, respectful speech, and anti-discrimination protections. Source: Darwin Diocese.
Working families seeking help push homeless services to the brink
A major welfare body has warned of a concerning increase in the number of working families seeking emergency homelessness help, as services are pushed to the brink. Source: News.com.au.
Special delivery: Australian priest gives Pope Leo first biography
Fr Tony Banks, an Australian Augustinian priest based in Rome, has hand-delivered to Pope Leo XIV a copy of the first English-language biography about the pope. Source: The Southern Cross.