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Pope tells Monaco’s rich and famous to remember the poor
In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment “places the poor at its centre”. Source: OSV News.
Aged care body calls for workers to be given fuel priority
The national peak body for aged care providers is calling on the federal government to provide urgent support to keep services running, as the Middle East war sends fuel prices skyrocketing. Source: ABC News.
Israeli forces stop Latin Patriarch from entering church
Israeli forces prevented two high-ranking Church officials in the Holy Land from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where they intended to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass. Source: Crux.
Cardinal remembered for spiritual writings from prison
Asian Catholics have paid tribute to Venerable Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận to mark the 50th anniversary of his spiritual writings compiled in the book The Road of Hope: The Gospel from Prison. Source: EWTN News.
War goes on but faith is growing in Ukraine: Bishop
In eastern Ukraine people have grown numb to the danger of air raids but faith is growing, a local bishop says. Source: Aid to the Church in Need.
Students give Albanese mixed reviews on social media ban
Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Anika Wells visited St John Paul II College in Canberra on Thursday, meeting students and teachers the day after Australia’s new national ban on social media for under-16s came into effect. Source: Catholic Voice.
States call for hospital funds to address ‘growing crisis’
The number of “effectively homeless” older Australians stranded in hospitals because they can’t get an aged care bed has surged by nearly a quarter, with one state Health Minister labelling the problem as a “national shame”. Source: Daily Telegraph.
Catholic sector and Treasury hold talks on housing crisis
Catholic Social Services Australia CEO Jerry Nockles has met with Ben Rimmer, Director-General of the Housing Group in the federal Department of Treasury, to advance critical discussions on addressing Australia’s housing and homelessness crisis.
Good Sams create Haven for survivors of family violence
Melbourne has a new place of healing, refuge and recovery for those escaping family violence with the blessing and official opening of the Good Samaritan Haven, following six years of planning, design and building. Source: The Good Oil.