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‘Submission Day’ for 44 Catholic organisations
Forty-four Catholic organisations submitted their annual Modern Slavery Statements to the Albanese Government this week. Source: Australian Catholic Anti-slavery Network.
Being rooted in Christ makes the unimaginable possible: Pope Leo
During an audience of religious sisters belonging to several orders, Pope Leo XIV said rootedness in Christ allows them to “do things they perhaps never thought they could achieve”. Source: CNA.
Victoria to strengthen Working with Children Check laws
The Victorian Government will strengthen its Working with Children Check laws, but the first change will not come into effect until August. Source: ABC News.
Order of Malta holds national assembly in Melbourne
The knights and dames of the Order of Malta gathered in Melbourne for their biennial national assembly and the investiture of three new members and chaplains. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Stan Grant to deliver 2025 Simone Weil Lecture
Journalist, public intellectual and proud Wiradjuri man Stan Grant, will deliver the 2025 Simone Weil Lecture in Human Value, exploring the possibility of a language of the soul in an increasingly disjointed world. Source: ACU.
Top end community celebrates 90th anniversary of first Mass
The Wadeye Indigenous community in the Northern Territory gathered in gratitude and joy to mark the 90th anniversary of the first Mass celebrated at “Werntekngnanyi” (Old Mission). Source: Darwin Diocese.
Children bear ‘heaviest toll’ in global conflicts, Vatican diplomat tells UN
Children are among those who bear “the heaviest toll” in the global rise of armed conflict and “the increasing acceptance of force as a means of resolving disputes,” a Vatican diplomat has told the United Nations. Source: OSV News.
Bishops in the Global South call for end to fossil fuels
The Catholic Church across the Global South has sounded the alarm on climate change, calling for the end of fossil fuels while urging nations to avoid false “green” solutions that perpetuate exploitation of natural resources, ecosystems and people. Source: NCR Online.
Syro-Malabar Church resolves decades-long liturgy dispute
The Syro-Malabar Church has announced a resolution to a decades-long liturgy dispute in the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly in India. Source: The Tablet.