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Exhibition and relic of future saint visits Australia
An international exhibition and first-class relic of Carlo Acutis has stopped by Sydney on its way to a Tasmanian tour, giving young people a chance to connect with the soon-to-be canonised Italian. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Drug traffickers are murderers: Pope
Pope Francis described drug traffickers as criminals, murderers and “traffickers of death” during his general audience yesterday. Source: CNA.
Call for peace after deadly protests in Kenya
Kenya’s Catholic bishops have called for peace after the nation’s capital descended into chaos on Monday as protests over legislation dubbed a finance bill left 22 dead and dozens injured. Source: NCR Online.
Pope launches project that could see Vatican run on solar power
Pope Francis has appointed two special commissioners to start work on building an agrivoltaic system on a Vatican property outside of Rome that could supply the whole of Vatican City’s energy needs. Source: OSV News.
Call for national overhaul of child detention systems
Catholic Religious Australia has voiced grave concerns about the state of juvenile detention systems around the country to the National Children’s Commissioner, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs and the Police Ministers Council.
Catholics asked to help welfare agency do a Stella job for seafarers
Catholics around Australia are being asked to reflect on and support seafarers over two Sea Sundays this year. Source: Stella Maris Australia.
Say hello to the homeless person you see on the street: Bishop
Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Meagher says he is distressed by the lack of support for people with acute mental illness who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and urged Catholics to get to know the people they see on the city’s streets. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Shorten says delay in NDIS overhaul will cost taxpayers $1 billion
Taxpayers will be $1 billion worse off, a cabinet minister has warned, after Greens and Opposition MPs teamed up to delay the federal Government’s disability support overhaul. Source: Canberra Times.
National ecumenical forum looks to deeper purpose
In its 30th anniversary year, the National Council of Churches in Australia held its 11th National Forum in Adelaide last weekend, writes Stephen Downs. Source: The Southern Cross.