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Caritas welcomes Australia’s contribution to climate fund at COP29
Caritas Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s $50 million contribution to the loss and damage fund at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29.
Schools should be centres of formation, not achievement factories: Pope
Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Kenyan president’s $61,000 donation rejected by Church
A disagreement between Catholic bishops in Kenya and the government has taken a new twist, with the Church rejecting a $61,000 donation from President William Ruto. Source: Catholic Review.
Weekend of guns, stunts and romance
In Weekend in Taipei, a former drug enforcement agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past. Source: Australian Catholics.
Labor’s watered down hate speech laws fail to appease faith groups
Labor has substantially watered down proposed hate speech laws, but is nevertheless facing a religious backlash, with claims it would turn Australia into a police state by creating “thought crime”. Source: The Guardian.
Pope to canonise Acutis and Frassati, host meeting on children’s rights
Pope Francis announced that he will canonise Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child on February 3. Source: CNS.
Social media companies will face $50m fines for breaching age verification laws
Social media companies will be threatened with up to $50 million fines for systematically breaching age verification laws, under an Albanese Government plan to ban under 16s from the platforms. Source: ABC News.
Catholic Institute of Sydney launches three-year degree
The Catholic Institute of Sydney will be able to confer a new three-year degree – the Bachelor of Religious Sciences – from next year. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Canavan accuses Greens of censorship over ‘born alive’ abortion bill
Nationals senator Matt Canavan says he won’t pull his controversial abortion bill, and has lashed the Greens for attempting to “censor and silence debate”. Source: News.com.au.