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Synod

Synod calls for all baptised Catholics to help chart a path forward

Pope Francis’ three-year consultation on the future of the Church concluded at the weekend, outlining challenges and proposing ways for all the baptised to be involved in charting a path forward. Source: NCR Online.

Pope Francis

Church must continue as a missionary Church: Pope

The Church cannot risk becoming “static” but must continue as a “missionary Church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world”, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS.

Queensland

Youth crime tops the agenda for new Queensland government

Liberal National Party Queensland leader David Crisafulli has wasted little time after the party claimed victory in state elections and ended Labor’s nine-year reign. Source: SBS News.

Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict’s pre-papal writings to be published in English 

Some two dozen works of the late Pope Benedict XVI’s pre-papal writings will be made available in English, many for the first time, in a new translation project to be edited by Australian theologian Tracey Rowland. Source: OSV News.

In The Dioceses Mission

Inaugural Kirup Camino hits the track

Bunbury Diocese has marked World Mission Month with the inaugural 16-kilometre Kirup Camino walk. Source: The eRecord.

People

Winemaker reveals secrets to success in business and faith

Tim Kirk, the chief executive of multi-award-winning Australian winery Clonakilla, has encouraged Sydney’s Catholic youth to envisage how faith and business can work together to inform their lives. Source: The Catholic Weekly. 

Prayer

Rosary Online celebrates third anniversary

Amid COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese launched The Rosary Online using the Zoom website platform and it is still going strong. Source: Catholic Voice.

Human Rights

Commonwealth leaders agree on ‘reparatory justice’ for slavery

Commonwealth leaders have agreed “the time has come” for a conversation about making amends for slavery. Source: ABC News.

Climate

Church groups commit to biodiversity at COP16

The Vatican and other Catholic groups sent representatives to join the 23,000 delegates at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Colombia. Source: The Tablet.