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Conference to reflect on the mission of a Catholic university
Australian Catholic University will welcome more than 200 Catholic higher education leaders and students from institutions across Asia and Australia for the 30th Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities Conference.
Pope discusses climate change with Amazon chief
Pope Francis met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, at the Vatican to discuss climate change. Source: OSV News.
Congress will be ‘like returning to the essence of our faith’
With less than a month to go until the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, the event’s secretary-general said it will be an opportunity to “put the Eucharistic Christ at the centre of the life of the Church and the world”. Source: CNA.
Pope says Catholics should ‘collectively call for the abolition of the death penalty’
Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope Francis has written in the preface to a new book on prison chaplaincy. Source: NCR Online.
Who is poor in Australia? Calls for a national poverty line
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ national wellbeing framework risks missing a golden opportunity to understand which Australians are living in poverty, says a community service organisation. Source: The Australian.
Government’s response to disability royal commission ‘lacklustre’
Disability advocates can be forgiven for being underwhelmed by the Albanese Government’s response to the Disability Royal Commission, writes Fr Justin Glyn SJ. Source: Eureka Street.
Youth justice backflip will see ‘more kids reoffending more often’
The Victorian Government’s reversal of its commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 by 2027 is a deeply troubling culmination of harmful rhetoric and disregard for evidence, says Catholic Social Services Victoria.
Fears aged care reforms will be sidelined until after federal election
The aged care sector and MPs have grown increasingly frustrated over secrecy and delays shrouding reforms that are hoped to transform how people are cared for at the end of their lives. Source: Canberra Times.
Catholic Care supports young mothers against homelessness
A Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains initiative is supporting young pregnant women and mothers who urgently need a place to stay with their children. Source: Catholic Outlook.