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Social media

Labor rushes through changes to ban ahead of High Court challenge

The Albanese Government has quietly rushed through last-minute changes to its world-first social media ban as the first major legal test looms. Source: News.com.au.

Safeguarding

Archbishop Comensoli welcomes report on Melbourne Archdiocese

Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has praised and thanked the clergy, parishes and personnel for their commitment to safeguarding, following the recent audit undertaken by Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd.

Education

Edmund Rice students gather online for global meeting

More than 300 students from around the world gathered online this week for the Student Leaders Global Dialogues, hosted by Edmund Rice Education Australia.

Marriage

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.

Ecumenism

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.

Modern Slavery United Nations

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.

Film Review

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.

Appointment Bishops

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.

Catechesis Pope Leo XIV

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.