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Interfaith

Columban receives Notre Dame’s inaugural interfaith dialogue award

Columban Father Patrick McInerney has been named the inaugural recipient of the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Interfaith Dialogue Award. Source: Columban eBulletin. 

Memorial

Catholic Care memorial service remembers lost loved ones

Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains partnered with White Lady Funerals to host a memorial service for almost 20 families and friends who have lost a loved one, including those lost to suicide. Source: Catholic Outlook.

Pope Leo XIV Religious Orders

Obedience an act of love, Pope tells members of religious orders

For members of religious orders, obedience is “an act of love” and a powerful witness to the world of how gestures of selflessness are needed to build true community, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.

China

China restricts religious activity on social media 

China has unveiled new rules restricting religious activity on social media, requiring permits to preach on WeChat, and banning the use of artificial intelligence to proselytise. Source: UCA News.

Film Review

Fine portrait of the composer who wrote a masterpiece

In 1928 Paris, choreographer Ida Rubinstein commissions Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Music that becomes the universal masterpiece Bolero. Source: Australian Catholics.

Middle East Pope Leo XIV

Pope renews appeal for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

Pope Leo XIV said Palestinians in Gaza “continue to live in fear and survive in unacceptable conditions” as he renewed his appeal for a ceasefire and “full respect for humanitarian law”. Source: NCR Online.

Politics Social Services

Social services network welcomes Ley’s commitment to safety net

Catholic Social Services Australia responded with guarded optimism to Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia yesterday, which it said outlined a “principled approach” to fiscal management while maintaining support for vulnerable Australians.

Housing Human Rights

New ACT law will make housing a human right

Access to adequate housing will become a human right in the ACT in a nation-leading expansion of the territory’s rights law that the bill’s architect said amounted to a “paradigm shift”. Source: Canberra Times.

Education

New way of teaching sees boost in NAPLAN results 

Catholic primary schools in Melbourne have boosted their NAPLAN results, thanks to a new way of teaching. Source: The Age.