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Social Justice Youth

Australians join YCW centenary celebrations in Brussels

Australian Young Christian Workers have joined international YCW members, past and present, in Belgium to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the movement.

East Asia Youth

South Korean youth urged to become ‘witnesses of hope’

A South Korean archbishop has urged attendees of a Catholic youth festival in the national capital, Seoul, to respond with courage and faith to God’s call to religious life. Source: UCA News.

Youth

Bishops welcome Youth Festival as opportunity for growth in faith 

The 2025 Australian Catholic Youth Festival has been hailed as an opportunity to encounter Jesus and grow the next generation of leaders. Source: ACBC.

Pope Francis Youth

‘Learn to listen to others’, late Pope tells young people in video

A previously unseen video recorded in January shows the late Pope Francis urging young people to learn how to listen to others. Source: Vatican News.

Homelessness Youth

Marist180 calls for immediate action to end youth homelessness

Marist180 and Yfoundations are calling for urgent national action to end youth homelessness, spotlighting the strength and resilience of young people with lived experience and exposing the systemic failures driving a growing crisis.

Opinion Youth

Priest calls for united action on juvenile crime in South Australia

Msgr David Cappo, the Adelaide priest behind a ground-breaking report on juvenile crime, has urged South Australia’s Malinauskas Government to re-look at the report’s recommendations. Source: The Southern Cross.

Homelessness Youth

Experts say young Australians are experiencing the highest rate of homelessness

Every four days, a young homeless person aged between 15 and 24 dies, with suicide the leading cause of death, according to new figures released this week. Source: ABC News.

In The Dioceses Youth

Perth Archdiocese launches Catholic Youth Assembly 

Perth Archdiocese has launched its Catholic Youth Assembly, a move aimed at boosting youth involvement in the Church. Source: The Record.

Youth

All systems go as festival venue announced

The venue for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival has been locked in, with the Melbourne Archdiocese securing the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre for the November 30-December 2 event. Source: Melbourne Catholic.