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One in three Australians battling loneliness
A new nationwide report shows that loneliness is pervasive in Australia, particularly among young adults. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Gender and climate goals top new foreign aid agenda
Taxpayer-funded foreign aid projects above $3 million will be required to address gender inequality and 80 per cent will need to have climate change objectives under the Albanese Government’s new development policy. Source: The Australian.
New purpose sought for historic local landmark
Diocese of Sale Catholic Education and the Sale Diocese have issued an update on the future use of the historic Our Lady of Sion Convent building and campus in Sale. Source: Gippsland Times.
Excellent achievements recognised at Excellence Awards
Toowoomba Catholic Schools has celebrated its outstanding educators and staff at its annual Excellence Awards, which showcase people who model, demonstrate and live excellence in their roles.
Pope: ‘Spiritual worldliness’ a great danger to Church and its priests
Spiritual worldliness is one of the most dangerous temptations facing priests and the Church because it “reduces spirituality to appearance” while disconnecting it from the Gospel, Pope Francis has warned. Source: CNA.
Was there a miracle in Fatima during Pope’s visit?
A visually impaired 16-year-old girl from Spain says that she is now able to see after receiving Communion in Fatima on Saturday, the day of the Pope’s visit to the Marian shrine in Portugal. Source: Aleteia.
French mayor cycles to Rome to save dilapidated church
A needy but determined mayor has pedalled 750km by bicycle from Nice to Rome to raise funds to renovate the dilapidated 12th-century church in his village in northern France. Source: The Tablet.
Don’t be afraid to change the world, Pope tells youth at WYD closing Mass
To end World Youth Day 2023, Pope Francis told 1.5 million weary-eyed and sleep-deprived young people in Lisbon not to let their “great dreams” of changing the world be “stopped by fear”. Source: CNS.
South Korea to host World Youth Day in 2027
The next World Youth Day will be held in Seoul, South Korea, in 2027, Pope Francis announced at the conclusion of the final Mass of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon. Source: CNA.