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Families get back-to-school boost with pop-up shop
More than 200 families in Maryborough, Queensland, have found themselves in a better position ahead of the 2026 school year through Centacare’s School Savvy pop-up shop. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Statue of ‘God’s Influencer’ unveiled in Myanmar
A Catholic diocese in northern Myanmar has inaugurated the country’s first statue of St Carlo Acutis, offering a sign of hope to young people amid ongoing conflict and uncertainty. Source: UCA News.
Heartfelt tribute to ordinary, heroic mothers
“Once Upon My Mother” is a deeply emotional and surprising cinematic story about a mother’s unwavering dedication to helping her son overcome physical challenges and social barriers. Source: Australian Catholics.
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CathNews will not be published on Monday, January 26, due to the Australia Day public holiday.
PM blames Senate for Labor abandoning hate speech reform
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not pursue racial vilification reform despite criticism from Labor MPs and the recommendation of his own antisemitism envoy, blaming the government’s abandonment of the changes on not being able to control the Senate. Source: The Age.
Mater confirms acquisition of Gold Coast Private Hospital
Mater has announced it is purchasing Healthscope’s Gold Coast Private Hospital. The acquisition comes after Healthscope was placed in receivership in May last year with $1.6 billion of debt. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Light will always win: Vinnies
The St Vincent de Paul Society will join Australians in the National Day of Mourning today to honour the Bondi attack victims, standing in solidarity with the Jewish community, writes the society’s national president, Mark Gaetani.
In Christ, God shows us our true identity: Pope
The grandeur of the Incarnation cannot be reduced to viewing Jesus as a mere messenger of “intellectual truths”, but must be received as God’s full embrace of the human condition — including Christ’s “true and integral humanity”, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: EWTN News.
Catholics challenged to rethink Christianity as love ‘in the flesh’
Christianity is not a set of rules but the radical claim that God has united himself to humanity “in the flesh”, according to US-based Theology of the Body expert Christopher West. Source: The Catholic Weekly.