Talk to us
CathNews, the most frequently visited Catholic website in Australia, is your daily news service featuring Catholics and Catholicism from home and around the world, Mass on Demand and on line, prayer, meditation, reflections, opinion, and reviews. And, what's more - it's free!
Ecology
Pope updating Laudato Si’ to cover current issues
Pope Francis is writing a second part to his 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si’, he announced during an audience with European lawyers yesterday. Source: CNA.
Online launch to celebrate Season of Creation launch
Catholic communities nationwide are invited to join the online launch of the Season of Creation, the annual ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for “our common home”. Source: Caritas Australia.
Delegation on TRACC to transform rural lives in Timor-Leste
Caritas Australia welcomed a delegation of Church and government representatives from Timor-Leste to Sydney yesterday.
Australian agronomist turns African deserts into forests
Taking inspiration from Laudato Si’ and in the lead-up to National Tree Day on July 30, Catholic Earthcare Australia is holding an online screening of the documentary The Forest Maker on Thursday.
Pope Francis on care for creation: ‘God wants justice to reign’
Pope Francis has emphasised the importance of the virtue of justice in a message for this year’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Source: CNA.
Aged care group joins Church’s drive to ‘protect our common home’
Catholic aged care group Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT is the latest organisation to join the Church’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
Laudato Si’ toolkit to help parishes care for creation
The Archdiocese of Sydney has made a Laudato Si’ action toolkit available for parish groups that wish to get active in caring for creation. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Church in Australia celebrates Laudato Si’ Week
The Church in Australia is this week celebrating Laudato Si’ Week, marking eight years since the publication of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical on care for creation. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Pope reiterates call to ensure fundamental human right to water
Pope Francis has reiterated his urgent call for a renewed international effort to achieve universal access to clean water and sanitation, which the United Nations recognised in 2010 as a fundamental human right. Source: Vatican News.