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New commissioner appointed as outcomes for Indigenous children worsen
The Albanese Government has appointed a new National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, as national targets to reduce child removal and youth detention continue to slide backwards. Source: ABC News.
Millions of Australians cannot afford basic personal hygiene products: survey
Four million Australians cannot afford basic personal hygiene and cleaning products, new research suggests. Source: News.com.au.
Vatican to become first carbon-neutral state after striking deal with Italy
Italy has agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare field north of Rome into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its needs and turn Vatican City into the world’s first carbon-neutral state. Source: Crux.
Lebanese Catholic clergy commemorate Beirut port explosion
Lebanon’s Catholic clergy have celebrated a commemorative Mass and held a vigil in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, remembering those who perished in the catastrophic port explosion five years ago. Source OSV News.
Church bell in Nagasaki to ring for first time since atomic tragedy
The Church bell of Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, destroyed by an American atomic bomb, has been reinstalled and will ring on the 80th anniversary of the tragedy, a Japanese archbishop says. Source: UCA News.
‘You are the sign a different world is possible’, Pope tells youth
Pope Leo XIV yesterday told more than a million Catholic youth at a closing Mass for a weeklong Jubilee event that they are “the sign that a different world is possible”, where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons. Source: Crux.
Vinnies urges Albanese Government to fully fund services
This week, Homeless Week, the St Vincent de Paul Society is urging the Albanese Government to fully fund homelessness services, ensuring no one is left without help when they need it.
Australia commits a further $20m in humanitarian aid to Gaza
Australia will commit a further $20 million to assist the delivery of critical food and aid to starving Gazans, as health authorities confirmed reporting that 163 people had died of starvation, including 93 children. Source: The Australian.
Fr Chris Riley had ‘a heart as big as the country he served’
Tributes have poured in for the founder of non-profit youth services organisation Youth Off The Streets, Salesian priest Fr Chris Riley, who died on Friday aged 70. Source: The Catholic Weekly.