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Pope speaks to ambassadors on ‘a diplomacy of hope’
During the Holy Year 2025, the international community should strive “to overcome the logic of confrontation and embrace instead the logic of encounter”, Pope Francis told ambassadors and other diplomats accredited to the Holy See. Source: CNS.
Labor invests $42m in nation’s first national autism strategy
Labor is investing $42 million in a nation-first plan to improve the lives of autistic Australians, with a new push to boost scientific research and give neurodiverse people more peer support. Source: The Australian.
Deacon reflects on his journey to the priesthood
Deacon Ashan Peiris is preparing for his ordination to the priesthood at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart next month. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
‘Christmas miracle’ sees family reunited after 12-year separation
It was a Christmas to remember for former Tamil refugee Redson Selvam as he joyfully reunited with his family after 12 long years of separation. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Archbishop Fisher honours prison chaplain with lifetime achievement award
For three decades, Margaret Wiseman has accompanied women in prison, seen God in the faces of convicted murderers, and deep inner growth in people she has heard rejected as “scum”. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Tenille’s battle plan to help veterans succeeds at university
Taking student pastoral support up a notch will be the next step for Australian Catholic University’s Tenille Duggan after her breakthrough recognition for Australian Defence Force service.
Catholics mobilise to support victims of Los Angeles fires
The Los Angeles wildfires have killed at least two dozen people, destroyed thousands of homes and numerous churches and schools, but has also inspired a groundswell of Catholic support for Southern California’s dispossessed. Source: NCR Online.
New Catholic church inaugurated on banks of Jordan River
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told thousands of faithful that Pope Francis sent him to preside over the inauguration of a new Catholic church at the banks of the Jordan River as a sign of the Church’s closeness to all Christians in the Middle East. Source: OSV News.
Nigerian archbishop says no one should die because they are hungry
No one needs to die from hunger, says Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Source: Crux.