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New AI-generated app offers customised advice to families with problems
Majellan Media has developed a new AI-generated app that offers practical assistance to families who are facing various challenges in their lives.
Despite pressures, ‘Church is alive and will always be’
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP says that in the face of rising secularisation and the growth of Islam in many historically Christian nations, Catholics should “trust in the work of grace” and remember that the Church is “an expert in humanity”. Source: CNA.
Catholics in Sri Lanka pray for fair elections and a visionary leader
Sri Lankan Catholics have started a week-long prayer campaign so that a good, visionary leader is elected in the crisis-hit nation through a free and fair presidential election due on September 21. Source: UCA News.
Bishops condemn Congo government over prison break deaths
Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have condemned what they describe as a disregard for human life following the deaths of at least 129 people during an attempted breakout at an overcrowded prison in Kinshasa. Source: Crux.
Albanese to announce plans to block children from social media
Children will be blocked from social media under sweeping national plans to shield young people from online harm by mandating strict age barriers in federal law and punishing tech giants that break the rules. Source: The Age.
Tens of thousands line the streets to welcome Pope to Timor-Leste
The faith that sustained the hope of the people of Timor-Leste in their struggle for independence should be a resource now as the country tries to cope with social, economic and environmental problems, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Cries of ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie’ heard before Eucharistic Congress’s opening Mass
More than 40 Australian pilgrims joined thousands of faithful from all over world for the opening Mass of the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
ACRATH lobbies federal MPs for more action on modern slavery
Staff and members of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans are at Parliament House in the ACT this week to discuss modern slavery and human trafficking with MPs.
Australia’s low level of income support a ‘national shame’
Australians on income support are cutting back on meat, fresh fruit and vegetables as the rising cost of living stretches their low payments. Source: Canberra Daily.