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Notre Dame student awarded Indo-Pacific scholarship
The University of Notre Dame Australia has congratulated law and arts student Genevieve Phillips for being awarded a prestigious 2025 New Colombo Plan Scholarship.
Heads of churches in Holy Land call for peace in Christmas message
Leaders of Christian churches in the Holy Land have released a joint Christmas message declaring the joyful news of the Nativity and calling for an end to hostilities across the region. Source: CNA.
‘Prayer works’: Priest recounts miraculous healing
“Prayer works … and God is always listening to our prayers,” says a Los Angeles priest who, as a seminarian, experienced a miraculous healing that led to the forthcoming canonisation of a much beloved Italian youth. Source: Catholic Review.
Russia’s war on Ukraine has no spiritual justification: Pope
In a letter to his nuncio in Russia, Pope Francis called out those who would claim Russia’s war on Ukraine had any spiritual justification. Source: CNS.
Insurers ‘pricing out’ Australians from quality private health insurance
New data analysis by Catholic Health Australia reveals corporate health insurers are pricing Australians out of quality private health insurance amidst a cost-of-living crisis.
Bali 5 message Bishop Harris waited two decades to hear
On Sunday afternoon, Townsville Bishop Timothy Harris received an anonymous text message he’d spent nearly two decades waiting for: “Wheels up, the Bali 5 are on their way back to Australia”. Source: The Guardian.
Catholic School Parents welcome Labor’s early education pledge
Catholic School Parents Australia says the Albanese Government’s re-election pledge to establish a $1 billion “Building Early Education Fund” would help Australian families.
Clean slate: After 10-year wait, work begins on cathedral roof
For 10 years, James Henry has been waiting to finish re-slating the roof of Adelaide’s St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, using material sourced from the same Welsh mine as the original. Source: The Southern Cross.
Synodal process helps deliver enterprise agreement at Catholic schools
Staff at Catholic Schools Broken Bay have overwhelmingly backed a new four-year enterprise agreement, with more than 92.5 per cent confirming their support in a ballot last week.