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These boots were made to help end homelessness
More than 3000 people participated in the Walk a Mile in My Boots event in Adelaide, walking in solidarity with the estimated 7000 people who are experiencing homelessness in South Australia. Source: The Southern Cross.
ACU’s new executive dean ‘a force for transformation’
Larissa McLean Davies has been appointed executive dean of the Faculty of Education and Arts at Australian Catholic University.
Vatican experts say Minneapolis shooting victims could qualify as ‘new martyrs’
Vatican experts say the two children killed in last month’s shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church could one day be included on a list they are compiling of “new martyrs and witnesses of the faith”. Source: CNA.
Holy See’s UN diplomat calls for end to nuclear weapons
The Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations says that amid a global arms race, ending the threat of nuclear war – and even the testing of nuclear weapons – is imperative. Source: Catholic Review.
Pilgrim on way to Pakistan’s largest Marian shrine shot dead
A 42-year-old Catholic was killed, and a teenager was injured when gunmen opened fire on a van carrying 18 pilgrims to Pakistan’s largest Marian shrine near Lahore on Sunday. Source: UCA News.
Pope Leo canonises first saints of his pontificate
The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God’s plan, Pope Leo XIV said at the canonisation of St Pier Giorgio Frassati and St Carlo Acutis. Source: OSV News.
Bishops say Church must be safe place and place of welcome
The Church must not only be a safe place for children and young people but a place of welcome, Australia’s bishops said ahead of Safeguarding Sunday this weekend. Source: ACBC.
Government urged to prevent catastrophic drop in aid to Gaza
A delegation from Caritas Australia has presented a petition signed by 1376 members of the Australian Catholic community to the Albanese Government, calling for urgent action to protect and improve humanitarian access to Gaza.
Catholic sector ‘strongly opposes’ new deportation laws
Catholic Social Services Victoria says the passage of new laws that strip legal rights from non-citizens set to be deported is a “deeply troubling piece of legislation that can be used to undermine core principles of justice and human dignity”.