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Honours

WA educator honoured in King’s Birthday list

Catholic Education WA executive director Wayne Bull has been appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia as part of the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List. Source: CEWA.

Politics

Albanese says his re-elected government will ‘aim high, build big’ 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will vow to “aim high, build big”, while linking his second term’s focus with safeguarding democracy in his first major speech after leading Labor to a thumping victory at last month’s federal election. Source: Canberra Times.

Youth

Registrations open for three-day youth festival 

Registrations are now officially open for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival, a three-day festival blending liturgy, music, workshops, keynote addresses and service opportunities, which will be held in Melbourne later this year. 

Diplomacy Pope Leo XIV

Primary school students make Pope Leo an Aussie quilt

As he presented his credential letters to Pope Leo XIV last week, the new Australian ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, gave the pontiff biscuits, wine and a handmade quilt from students at a Queensland Catholic school. Source: Vatican News.

Ecumenism

Church leaders unite in faith on Nicene pilgrimage

More than 100 people gathered at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Canberra to take part in a special ecumenical pilgrimage marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Source: Catholic Voice.

Jubilee 2025 People

MGL Sister has her ‘God moment’ in Blessed Sacrament chapel

Australian Missionaries of God’s Love Sister Therese Mills has spoken of her great joy in joining tens of thousands of pilgrims in Rome for the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations, and New Communities this weekend. Source: CNA.

Pope Leo XIV

Holy spirit opens our lives to love: Pope

In a world marked by wars and where people are disconnected and numb with indifference, Pope Leo XIV prayed yesterday that the Holy Spirit would “open borders, break down walls” and dissolve hatred so everyone can live as children of one human family. Source: CNS.

Religion Research

Number of world’s Christians falls as people leave the faith

Sub-Saharan Africa has replaced Europe as the locus for the world’s Christians, with Christians declining as a share of the world’s population due to people leaving the faith, according to new research. Source: OSV News.

Uncategorised

Archbishop calls for prayer and restraint amid LA protests

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez is calling for prayer, while urging “restraint and calm” after clashes broke out in the city over recent immigration arrests. Source: NCR Online.