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Pope’s approval saved movement under threat
The Australian Cardijn Institute will host a webinar to mark 100 years since Cardinal Joseph Cardijn’s landmark first meeting with Pope Pius XI, when the pontiff gave his enthusiastic approval to the emerging movement of the Young Christian Workers (YCW).
Social media companies could face $50m fines over pornography
Social media and technology companies would have six months to implement new measures to restrict children from accessing adult content online, or face fines up to $50 million, under proposed new codes developed by the industry. Source: The Guardian.
Ukraine’s Catholic Church leaders pledge support for country’s continuing struggle
Ukrainian bishops spoke up as international reaction continued over US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s televised White House clash with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: Catholic Review.
World ignoring the ‘common good’, archbishop says
One of the most serious emergencies today is that the world forgets about and does not attend to the common good and the needs of regular people, especially poor people, the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Pope in stable condition, thanks well-wishers
Pope Francis remained stable on Sunday and no longer requires the use of mechanical ventilation to breathe, the Vatican said, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia. Source: Canberra Times.
All systems go as festival venue announced
The venue for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival has been locked in, with the Melbourne Archdiocese securing the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre for the November 30-December 2 event. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Commonwealth teaching scholarships must be ‘sector-blind‘
The National Catholic Education Commission says it is critical that initiatives to address Australia’s teacher workforce shortage not exclude Catholic and non-government schools.
NT Government to ‘restore freedom of speech and religion’
The Northern Territory Government has confirmed it is planning to scrap a key clause in the Territory’s anti-discrimination laws, claiming it could lead to people being “attacked for telling a joke”. Source: ABC News.
Victorian MPs told modern slavery happening in their electorates
Victorian politicians were given a wake-up call at a recent speaker’s breakfast when told modern slavery is almost certainly happening in every electorate in the state. Source: ACRATH.