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ACU study could revolutionise healthcare planning
A new Australian Catholic University study could revolutionise healthcare planning by examining population health more deeply than life expectancy.
Paper claims Vatican II reforms contributed to drop in Mass attendances
An economics paper published last month on religious service attendance trends in 66 countries concluded that the implementation of reforms associated with the Second Vatican Council likely contributed to subsequent Mass attendance declines. Source: CNA.
Number of world’s Christians falls as people leave the faith
Sub-Saharan Africa has replaced Europe as the locus for the world’s Christians, with Christians declining as a share of the world’s population due to people leaving the faith, according to new research. Source: OSV News.
Symposium marks year of research into lay leadership of ministries
Preliminary research into governance in the Catholic Church has found more than 100 religious institutes worldwide have transferred their ministries to canonical bodies overseen predominantly by the laity. Source: ACU.
Australians still turning to Christianity in large numbers: report
Generation Z are open to changing their views on spirituality and, once involved in a faith, become highly motivated to live it out, a new McCrindle report has found. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Notre Dame researchers tackle energy poverty in remote communities
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame Australia are exploring solutions to energy poverty in remote Indigenous communities – a problem that sees some of Australia’s most vulnerable left without power in extreme heat for days on end.Â
ACU $14m investment partnership to turn research into commercial ventures
Australian Catholic University and Breakthrough Victoria have signed a landmark co-investment partnership worth $14 million that will translate research into life-changing products and services.
Breaking down words helps build students’ ability to read and spell: ACU study
Teaching children how to identify and combine parts of words is an important component of a comprehensive approach to reading and spelling instruction, new Australian Catholic University research shows.
More young men than women identifying as ChristianÂ
More Gen Z men are identifying as Christian than their female peers for the first time since research began nearly 30 years ago, according to new Australian data. Source: ABC News.