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Church leaders to explore legal and pastoral issues facing Church
Canon law experts, theologians, clergy and lay professionals will gather in Adelaide in September to discuss key legal and pastoral issues facing the Church in Australia and beyond. Source: Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand.
AMA calls for clampdown on social media contest glamourising poker machines
The peak body for Australian doctors has urged politicians and social media companies to restrict “shocking” content of influencers allegedly glamourising poker machines on social media. Source: The Guardian.
Electric popemobiles to go on the road with Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV has been given two electric popemobiles that will accompany him on his international travels. Source: CNA.
Notre Dame has had six million visitors in six months
More than six million people have visited Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris since it reopened to visitors in December, five years after it was partially destroyed by fire. Source: Vatican News.
Jesuits and activists in India call for law to protect human rights
A call to protect Indian activists from state repression was made on the death anniversary of Fr Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist who died awaiting trial five years ago. Source: UCA News.
Vatican offers new guide for implementation phase of Synod
A new document from the Synod of Bishops released yesterday is intended “to provide an interpretive key” for bishops to implement synodality in their dioceses in the next phase of the Synod, which will culminate in a whole Church assembly in 2028. Source: Vatican News.
Pope Leo to use July break to work on his first encyclical
Pope Leo XIV plans to use his summer break at Castel Gandolfo to draft the framework of his first encyclical, according to his longtime friend and fellow Augustinian, Fr Alejandro Moral Antón. Source: OSV News.
Labor ‘stands ready’ to add antisemitism studies to school curriculum
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare “stands ready” to reform the school curriculum so children are taught more about antisemitism, declaring there was a role for teachers in educating young people about the “poison” of bigotry towards Jews. Source: The Australian.
Catholic Schools Broken Bay launches new five-year strategy
Broken Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo on Friday launched a new five-year strategy for Catholic Schools Broken Bay, titled Shaping Tomorrow, Together in Faith. Source: Broken Bay News.