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‘Judges are human too’
Leading legal figures gathered at Australian Catholic University in Brisbane to mark the first International Day for Judicial Wellbeing, a landmark global initiative backed by the UN General Assembly. Source: The Catholic Leader.
New council puts student voice ‘at heart of decision-making’
Catholic Education WA is placing the student voice at the heart of decision-making with the establishment of a new Student Advisory Council at the system level.
Pope and 120,000 young pilgrims call for peace in the world
The enthusiastic joy of young people, who love Jesus and want all wars to stop, will be heard to the ends of the earth, Pope Leo XIV said when he welcomed tens of thousands of cheering young men and women to Rome for their Jubilee. Source: OSV News.
‘Never get used to violence’: Cardinal Dolan responds to US mass shooting
“We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan said following a deadly mass shooting in New York City that claimed four lives, including that of a police officer. Source: America Magazine.
‘Virgin Everywhere’ takes Our Lady of Guadalupe from Mexico to the world
A project that seeks to bring images of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every corner of the world has completed its latest challenge: covering the entire perimeter of Mexico. Source: CNA.
NAPLAN results again show one-third of students aren’t meeting expectations
One third of Australian students aren’t meeting “challenging but reasonable” expectations for literacy and numeracy following the third straight year of concerning NAPLAN results. Source: ABC News.
We remain in the hands of the Lord, Gaza pastor says
As violence and starvation deepen in Gaza, the priest of the area’s only Catholic church told a pontifical charity, “We remain in the hands of the Lord”. Source: OSV News.
Pope tells digital missionaries to help foster peace in the world
Pope Leo XIV admitted science and technology are influencing “the way we live in the world” in a speech yesterday to influencers and digital missionaries in Rome for a special 2025 Jubilee event specially organised for them. Source: Crux.
Sign of the times: Good News accessible to deaf community
A popular evangelisation program is now available in Auslan (Australian sign language), marking a step toward greater inclusion and accessibility in faith for the community. Source: The Catholic Weekly.