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Mission

Growing empowerment for women in Zambia

Catholic Mission and the broader Catholic community will come together to celebrate World Mission Month in October, guided by the theme “Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples”.

HIgher Education

University tops national survey for employer satisfaction

Australian Catholic University has ranked number one nationwide for employer satisfaction, according to the latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching Employer Satisfaction Survey.

Synodality

Third phase of synodal process a ‘step forward’ for Church

Cardinal Mario Grech, the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, has invited the Church to “make every effort to ensure that the third phase of the synodal process constitutes a further step forward in the experience and understanding of synodality”. Source: Vatican News.

United States

Parents of shooting victim say daughter’s progress a ‘miracle’

Three weeks after the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minnesota that killed two children and injured 21 during Mass, the parents of a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head say her progress has been “miraculous”. Source: CNA.

Abuse crisis Media

Legionaries head says Maciel documentary a ‘cathartic’ experience 

A new documentary on the life and crimes of Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado was another chance for Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi members to confront the truth of their founder’s dark past, the congregation’s general director says. Source: OSV News.

Middle East Pope Leo XIV

Pope calls Gaza parish as Israel launches new offensive

Just a few hours after Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV called the pastor of the city’s only Latin-rite parish to express his concern, his prayers and his closeness. Source: CNS.

Immigration Opinion

Each newcomer to our shores is created in God’s image 

We should never forget that at the heart of the immigration debate are people who are each created in God’s image, Townsville Bishop Tim Harris writes in a new pastoral letter. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Charity

Leo the Pope for peace, Caritas chief says

Caritas Australia chief executive Kirsten Sayers considers Pope Leo XIV to be uniquely placed to impart the message of one of the world’s largest aid agencies: justice, dignity and hope for all. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

Employment Politics

Labor to outline plan to reconnect unemployed with workforce

The Albanese Government is set to tap into the country’s unemployed, particularly disengaged youth and older women, to fill just under two million new jobs over the next decade. Source: News.com.au.