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!
Community gathering to mark three years since FNQ cyclone
Almost three years after Cyclone Jasper, communities across the Barron Floodplain will celebrate the strength, ingenuity and relationships forged during one of Far North Queensland’s most significant natural disasters. Source: Centacare FNQ.
Jesuits launch appeal for Nepal
Jesuit Mission Australia has launched an urgent appeal to support communities devastated by flash flooding in Nepal, where more than 1200 people have died, and thousands remain unaccounted for.
Caritas delivers humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Venezuela
About 14,700 tonnes of humanitarian aid have reached Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes that struck the country’s north on June 24, according to a report from Caritas Venezuela. Source: Vatican News.
Water contaminated, food access interrupted in far-north communities
Church communities across the far north of the country are boiling water to drink after access to essential goods was affected by ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle. Source: The Catholic Leader.
New visualisation tool warns when danger is rising
Disaster and health authorities wielding a dynamic analytical tool would be better equipped to make lifesaving decisions during heatwave, bushfire or flood emergencies, according to a new Australian Catholic University study.
Stormbirds fly in to support ‘forgotten victims’ of natural disasters
MacKillop Seasons’ Stormbirds program is playing a critical role in helping schools and communities rebuild resilience and wellbeing. Source: MacKillop Family Services.
Parish mourns loss of church in Victoria bushfires
Yea–Alexandra parish is mourning the loss of one of its churches, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church in Caveat, which was destroyed by the bushfires that have torn through parts of Victoria. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Jamaican Catholics brace for hurricane with prayer and preparations
Catholic faithful in Jamaica are responding with “a lot of prayer” as the island nation is battered by what analysts say may be its worst hurricane on record. Source: OSV News.
Brisbane priest’s family in Vietnam safe after Caritas comes to the rescue
Brisbane priest Fr Sang Duc Bui’s family home was badly hit by Typhoon Bualoi, which made landfall in Vietnam on September 29. Source: The Catholic Leader.