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Townsville’s Catholic community welcomes new priest
Townsville’s newest priest, Fr William Brennan, says he has a love for preaching the Word of God. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Consultor to the Vatican to visit Australia
Myriam Wijlens, a Dutch theologian, ecumenist and consultor to several Vatican bodies, will visit Australia in August to deliver public lectures on the topic “The prophetic voice of the laity in the renewal of the Catholic Church”. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Labor announces $23m aid package for Horn of Africa
The Albanese Government has announced a $23 million funding package to help deliver healthcare, food, and clean water amid ongoing humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa. Source: Caritas Australia.
Pope blesses ambulance bound for Ukraine
Pope Francis blessed an ambulance filled with medicine and first-aid equipment that will travel almost 3000 kilometres from the Vatican to support those wounded in Ukraine. Source: OSV News.
After much speculation, Archbishop Gänswein given diplomatic role
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the former private secretary to the late Pope Benedict XVI, to a diplomatic role in the Baltic states. Source: CNA.
Seafarers face injustice, exploitation, inequality: Cardinal Czerny
In a message for the international celebration of Sea Sunday, Cardinal Michael Czerny writes that seafarers experience the “boundless beauty” of the seas, as well as their “physical, spiritual, and social darkness”. Source: Vatican News.
Labor shelves promise to introduce religious discrimination laws
The Albanese Government has effectively shelved its push to introduce both extraordinary immigration powers and religious discrimination laws, with Labor offering few signs it will seek to deliver on its promised policies before the election. Source: ABC News.
Pope urges world leaders to make peace
Pope Francis yesterday appealed for world leaders to act responsibly, cultivate peace, and pursue negotiations to ongoing conflicts and wars. Source: Vatican News.
Vinnies CEO Sleepout raises $7.8m to fight homelessness
Rising rents and mortgage payments combined with a lack of available housing is creating “a perfect storm” for people who are already struggling to keep a roof over their heads, says St Vincent de Paul Society New South Wales chief Yolanda Saiz. Source: The Catholic Weekly.