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Aged Care

Labor criticised over delays to aged care reforms 

Labor is facing a backlash over aged care services as a delay to landmark reforms prompts calls for urgent funding for 20,000 additional home packages. Source: The Guardian. 

In The Dioceses

Ten-year dream comes true as Cape York chapel opens

A decade-long dream to have a place of worship for the Lakeland community in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula has been realised with the opening of the St Mary Queen of Peace Chapel. Source: Cape York Weekly. 

Artificial Intelligence Employment

ACTU wants workers protected from ‘bad faith’ uses of AI

The Australian Council of Trade Unions will demand that employers guarantee workers’ job security before introducing artificial intelligence into their businesses, ahead of the Albanese Government’s productivity roundtable next month. Source: The Age.

Digital Life Jubilee 2025

Digital missionaries go from online to on site for Jubilee celebration

Hundreds of digital missionaries and Catholic influencers from around the world have gathered in Rome for the first Jubilee for Digital Missionaries and Influencers, a two-day celebration aimed at fostering communion, deepening mission, and sharing hope through digital platforms. Source: Vatican News.

Arts and Entertainment

Audiences witness fresh take on Gospel story

Perth Archdiocese’s Catholic Youth Ministry brought a faith-filled production to life in “The Witness” – a contemporary retelling of the Gospel story through the eyes of Peter the Apostle. Source: The Record.

Africa Persecution

More than 40 Catholics slaughtered in Congo church attack

More than 40 people were killed on Sunday in an attack on a Catholic church by an Islamic State affiliate in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN and Congolese military said. Source: BBC.

Weapons

Vatican diplomat sees role for religious communities in nuclear disarmament

Religious communities can contribute to the “global architecture of disarmament and restraint” by fostering dialogue, prevention and accountability, according to Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi. Source: Catholic Review.

India

Indian state to rename health service in honour of St Teresa

The government in Jharkhand in eastern India has announced a plan to rename a state health service after St Teresa of Kolkata, removing its current name, which is linked to a prominent leader of India’s Hindu party. Source: UCA News.

Middle East Pope Leo XIV

Pope says Gaza is being ‘crushed by hunger’

Pope Leo XIV yesterday said he was following the humanitarian crisis taking place in Gaza with “great concern,” saying the civilian population is being “crushed by hunger and continues to be exposed to violence and death”. Source: Crux.