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Evangelisation Media

Sydney Centre for Evangelisation launches new podcast

Grace Abounds is a new podcast from the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation that shares interviews, testimonies and reflections revealing how God’s grace is actively transforming lives and communities in the Church. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Holy Land Media

Hearing the voices ‘often missing in a hyper-partisan discussion’ 

A new four-part documentary series from Common Home TV, a Redemptorist digital media mission, is exploring what it means to live, teach, and serve amid conflict in the Holy Land.

HIgher Education Media

Eureka! Former editor accepts ACU’s highest honour

Australian Catholic University has conferred an Honorary Doctorate on Australian journalist and literary critic Morag Fraser.

Media Pope Leo XIV

Pope says role of the media has never been more essential … or more threatened

Addressing a global network of news agencies, Pope Leo yesterday thanked reporters who every day work to share the truth, often risking their lives. Source: Vatican News.

Abuse crisis Media

Legionaries head says Maciel documentary a ‘cathartic’ experience 

A new documentary on the life and crimes of Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado was another chance for Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi members to confront the truth of their founder’s dark past, the congregation’s general director says. Source: OSV News.

CathNews Media

Great news: CathNews wins top award

CathNews took out the main award at the Australasian Catholic Press Association annual conference in Canberra last night. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

Artificial Intelligence Media

Bishop warns of spread of fake, AI-generated videos 

Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Catholic media ministry Word on Fire, has warned of the proliferation of fake videos created with artificial intelligence that impersonate him and are circulating on social media. Source: CNA.

Media

Catholic Press Association announces speakers for 2025 conference

The Australasian Catholic Press Association has revealed the speaker line-up for its 2025 conference, to be held in Canberra next month. 

Media

Sisters of the Good Samaritan looking for the write stuff

Entries have opened for The Good Oil Writers’ Award, which aims to support and encourage the development of aspiring and published writers. Source: Sisters of the Good Samaritan.