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Northern Territory

Westpac sanctioned over sudden branch closure in Northern Territory

CatholicCare Northern Territory was on the frontline of managing the fallout of the sudden bank branch closure in the isolated Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek. Source: ABC News.

Europe

Spanish nuns excommunicated for crime of schism

The Church in Spain has decreed the excommunication and expulsion from the consecrated life of the Poor Clare nuns of Belorado for committing the crime of schism. Source: CNA.

Papal Trip South East Asia

Indonesian priest has Friendship tunnel vision

As Indonesia prepares to welcome Pope Francis in September, an Indonesian Vatican official hopes that while visiting a high-profile mosque, the Pope will walk through an underground tunnel connecting it to the Catholic cathedral across the street. Source: Crux.

HIgher Education Holy Land

Bethlehem University students facing ‘extraordinary’ difficulties

A Bethlehem University official has appealed for prayers and assistance, with the Israel-Hamas war causing “extraordinary” difficulties for its students. Source: Vatican News.

Housing Human Rights

Independent MPs push to make housing a human right

Access to housing would be recognised as a human right, with the Commonwealth Government required to improve the country’s supply, under a new proposal put to Parliament. Source: Yahoo News.

Safeguarding Vatican

Church ‘must place’ people with disabilities at centre of safeguarding efforts 

To prevent abuse across the board, the Church must place people with disabilities at the centre of its safeguarding efforts and ministry, speakers said at an international safeguarding conference in Rome. Source: CNS.

Legal Matters

Man arrested after acting suspiciously during Mass

Quick-thinking parishioners sought assistance after witnessing a man acting suspiciously during a Sunday evening Mass in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

In The Dioceses Priesthood

Townsville’s Catholic community welcomes new priest

Townsville’s newest priest, Fr William Brennan, says he has a love for preaching the Word of God. Source: The Catholic Leader.

For The Diary Laity

Consultor to the Vatican to visit Australia

Myriam Wijlens, a Dutch theologian, ecumenist and consultor to several Vatican bodies, will visit Australia in August to deliver public lectures on the topic “The prophetic voice of the laity in the renewal of the Catholic Church”. Source: Catholic Outlook.