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Relationship educators unite to give greater support to married couples
Brisbane’s Archdiocesan Ministries is leading a new initiative to unite marriage and relationship educators as part of the archdiocese’s Synod24 actions to support married couples in their vocation. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope assures new Archbishop of Canterbury of his prayers
Pope Leo XIV has sent a message to Sarah Mullally on the occasion of her installation as Archbishop of Canterbury, assuring her of his prayers and invoking “grace, mercy, and peace … in truth and love”. Source: Vatican News.
Vatican condemns slavery but takes issue with UN resolution
The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations has condemned modern and historical slavery, while countering a “partial narrative” in a newly adopted UN resolution denouncing the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Source: OSV News.
Reluctant hero is lost and found in space
In “Project Hail Mary”, a science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship, light-years from Earth. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the Sun and to save Earth. Source: Australian Catholics.
Australian bishop appointed to Roman Curia
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop of Broken Bay Anthony Randazzo as the Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
In a world marked by madness of war, life must be defended: Pope
The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially now, in a world marked by “the madness of war”, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Partnering to support Tasmania’s most vulnerable
Catholic Social Services Australia chief Jerry Nockles met yesterday with Tasmanian Treasurer Eric Abetz at Parliament House in Hobart to discuss opportunities for collaboration in supporting Tasmania’s most vulnerable communities while maintaining fiscal discipline.
‘Encouraging sign’: Seven seminarians preparing for priesthood
For the first time in many years, the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese has seven seminarians preparing for the priesthood — a development vocation director Fr Emil Milat says is both encouraging and a reminder of the Church’s responsibility to support those discerning the call. Source: Catholic Voice.
Marist’s pastoral plan ‘a clear commitment to action’
After eighteen months of prayer, spiritual conversation, and community-wide discernment, the Marist Association of St Marcellin Champagnat has launched its pastoral plan for 2026–2028, a document that charts a bold and hopeful course for the Marist mission in Australia.