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Half of East Timor’s population attends Papal Mass
Around half of Timor-Leste’s 1.3 million people – 97 per cent of whom are Catholic – attended an outdoor Mass celebrated by Pope Francis outside the capital Dili yesterday. Source: The Tablet.
Papal adviser outlines Jubilee year plans
A key papal adviser on Jubilee 2025 says he would welcome Australian dioceses marking the year in a variety of ways. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Labor, Coalition urged to agree on reforms to ailing health care industry
The aged care industry is warning Parliament is “basically out of time” to pass critical reforms this term and is urging Labor and the Coalition to immediately come to a bipartisan agreement. Source: The Australian.
Optional census questions useless, says ACU sociologist
Australian Catholic University sociologist Bryan Turner says optional census questions, such as the proposed questions on sexual and gender identity, are useless for data collection. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Sisters launch community resource on climate crisis
The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart in collaboration with the Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar have released a new community resource for the Season of Creation, September 1 to October 4.
New AI-generated app offers customised advice to families with problems
Majellan Media has developed a new AI-generated app that offers practical assistance to families who are facing various challenges in their lives.
Despite pressures, ‘Church is alive and will always be’
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP says that in the face of rising secularisation and the growth of Islam in many historically Christian nations, Catholics should “trust in the work of grace” and remember that the Church is “an expert in humanity”. Source: CNA.
Catholics in Sri Lanka pray for fair elections and a visionary leader
Sri Lankan Catholics have started a week-long prayer campaign so that a good, visionary leader is elected in the crisis-hit nation through a free and fair presidential election due on September 21. Source: UCA News.
Bishops condemn Congo government over prison break deaths
Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have condemned what they describe as a disregard for human life following the deaths of at least 129 people during an attempted breakout at an overcrowded prison in Kinshasa. Source: Crux.