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Conference in the key of ‘sacrament and song’
Visitors from the United States and Fiji were among more than 400 delegates who attended the first day of a major music and liturgy conference in Adelaide yesterday. Source: The Southern Cross.
Special delivery helping save babies in Bangladesh
Caritas Australia is calling on the community to support its “Women for the World” appeal today, which has a special focus on maternal health in Bangladesh.
Indonesian Catholics mobilise after building at Islamic school collapses
Following the collapse on Monday of a historic Islamic boarding school in East Java that, so far, has left three students dead and about 100 injured, the local bishop has said that Catholics are mobilising to take part in relief efforts. Source: Crux.
Catholic organisations urge Congress to end US Government shutdown
Catholic organisations called for a swift resolution to the United States Government shutdown to mitigate the potential harm to government-funded programs serving the poor and vulnerable. Source: CNA.
Central African Republic music school changes the region through culture
A Capuchin-run music school and radio station in Central African Republic is bringing hope and the Gospel to young people in one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world. Source: OSV News.
Pope supports US peace plan for Gaza
Pope Leo XIV has expressed hope that the United States’ peace plan for Gaza is accepted, calling it a “realistic proposal”. Source: Vatican News.
Br Peter Carroll elected Superior General of Marist Brothers
Australian Marist Brother Peter Carroll has been elected Superior General of the Institute of the Marist Brothers, becoming only the second brother from Oceania to lead the worldwide institute. Source: Star of the Sea Province.
Vinnies celebrates contribution of migrants and refugees
The St Vincent de Paul Society has joined Church communities and advocates in celebrating the contribution of migrants and refugees to Australia’s economic and social wellbeing ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday.
Brisbane priest prays for mother and sister as typhoon hits Vietnam
Brisbane priest Fr Michael My Van Tran prayed day and night as Typhoon Bualoi tore through his home village Dai Dong, Vietnam, on the Feast of the Archangels on Monday. Source: The Catholic Leader.