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Festival an opportunity for Church leaders to listen
Bishops are looking forward to the Australian Catholic Youth Festival as an opportunity to listen to and engage with the Church’s emerging leaders – its young people. Source: ACBC.
Pope chooses theme for World Day of the Sick
Loving someone who is sick requires “concrete gestures of closeness”, just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten by thieves, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development says. Source: CNS.
Labor launches new agency to combat veteran suicide
The Albanese Government is launching Australia’s first-ever agency to combat suicide among serving and retired defence personnel, following through on the “most important recommendation” of a landmark probe. Source: News.com.au.
Conference examines issues ‘both complex and pastoral’
Around 100 participants gathered in Adelaide this month for the 58th annual Conference of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand.
The difference between saying prayers and praying
“We’re really good at saying prayers, we’re not so good at praying,” Dominican Father Alex Vickers says. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope calls on European institutions to promote ‘healthy secularism’
“European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism,” Pope Leo XIV told members of a European Parliament working group on interreligious dialogue yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
US Catholic bishops express sorrow after attack on LDS church
Several United States Catholic bishops have expressed sorrow over a deadly attack at a Michigan house of worship, which took place just weeks after a mass shooting at a Minnesota Catholic church. Source: OSV News.
Zimbabwe’s Christian leaders urge international community to cancel debt
Christian leaders in Zimbabwe marked the International Day of Peace with an appeal to the international community to cancel Zimbabwe’s debt, saying such a step would help revive the country’s economy, reduce poverty, and build lasting peace. Source: CNA.
Australians urged to recognise migrants, refugees as ‘brother and sister’
Australians have been urged to reflect on the values of compassion, justice and hope as Catholic communities mark the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday, October 5. Source: ACBC.