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Vatican monastery to become home to Benedictine nuns from Argentina

A group of Benedictine nuns from Argentina will soon take up residence in the Vatican monastery where Pope Benedict XVI lived after resigning the papacy. Source: CNA.

United Kingdom

Baby Indi dies after court orders life support be switched off

Indi Gregory, the British girl whose parents battled the British courts to have her life support extended, died yesterday. Source: OSV News.

Bishops Middle East Peace

Bishops call on people of faith to join them in praying for peace in Holy Land 

Australia’s Catholic bishops are “praying for a lasting peace” in the Holy Land and have called for people of faith to pray with them. Source: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Politics Religious Freedom

Labor to add new protections for religious expression in misinformation bill

A clear exemption for religious expression will be among the changes to Labor’s proposed misinformation laws as the revised legislation is delayed until next year after a chorus of free speech concerns from a range of organisations. Source: The Age.

People South Australia

Sr Meredith named SA Senior Australian of the Year

Sister of Mercy Meredith Evans has been named the 2024 South Australian Senior Australian of the Year. Source: Adelaide Advertiser.

Books Diplomacy

Australia’s 50-year relationship with Holy See brought to book

A new book from the Australian embassy to the Holy See remembers the ups and downs of Australia’s relationship with the Holy See on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Seniors

‘Inheritance impatience’ driving rise in elder abuse

Longer life expectancies and a resulting inheritance impatience are leading to more cases of elder abuse, according to the New South Wales Ageing and Disability Commission. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.

In The Dioceses Synodality

Vatican journalist tells the stories of Synod of Synodality

“The Synod is no longer an event, it’s a new way of being Church,” Vatican correspondent Christopher White said in a public lecture in Sydney last week. Source: Catholic Outlook.

Bishops United States Vatican

Outspoken critic of Pope removed from leadership of US diocese

Following a recent visitation and several instances of outspoken opposition to the current papacy, the Vatican announced on Saturday that US Bishop Joseph Strickland has been removed from the leadership of his Texas diocese. Source: Crux.