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Israel and Hamas set for fourth exchange of hostages and prisoners
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is back on track as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in a third set of releases under a four-day truce. Source: The Age.
Holy See ambassador joins ACRATH for campaign launch
The Australian embassy to the Holy See joined Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) for the launch of its “16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence” campaign, focusing on women migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation.
Health issue forces Pope to deliver Sunday Angelus address via livestream
Pope Francis cancelled his audiences on Saturday and travelled to Rome’s Gemelli hospital to undergo a CT scan on his lungs in connection with flu-like symptoms. Source: Vatican News.
Questions remain over Labor’s poverty and welfare advisory body
A permanent statutory committee to advise the Albanese Government on ways to assist struggling Australians is set to happen, but independent ACT Senator David Pocock wants it to be strengthened while the Opposition has slammed it as “pointless”. Source: Canberra Times.
Police blame ‘far-right hooligans’ for riot after Dublin stabbings
Police in Ireland have arrested 34 people following a riot in Dublin last week that erupted following a knife attack outside a Catholic primary school, leaving three children and a woman injured, two of them critically. Source: The Tablet.
Hugo’s inspiration for bishop in Les Misérables on the path to sainthood
The real bishop behind Victor Hugo’s famous Les Misérables character may be on the path to sainthood, with France’s bishops voting to open the diocesan process for his beatification. Source: OSV News.
African bishops call for priests, religious to be formed for digital evangelisation
An African bishop has warned that the Church on the continent must go digital if it wants to cope with what he described as a 21st-century “Babel mediascape with no gatekeepers”. Source: Crux.
Church leaders hopeful hostage deal leads to end of Gaza war
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has expressed happiness at the hostage-exchange agreement reached between Israel and Hamas yesterday, and said he hoped it would lead to the end of the war. Source: NCR Online.
Shining a Light on domestic and family violence
A new report is “Shining a Light” on ways the Church is responding to domestic and family violence in the Sale Diocese. Source: Catholic Social Services Victoria.