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CSSA joins call to raise minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 years
Catholic Social Services Australia has written to Australia’s attorneys-general, urging immediate action on the recommendations of a recent inquiry’s final report into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system.
Nuncio inspires youth to transform West Africa
The apostolic nuncio to Ghana has challenged young Catholics from across West Africa to reject fear, build friendships rooted in faith and embrace their responsibility as the “today of God” in the Church and their countries. Source: EWTN News.
Youth ministers and bishops walk together to evangelise
More than 70 bishops, youth ministry leaders and diocesan directors for evangelisation from across Australia gathered in North Sydney recently. Source: ACBC.
Youth explore themes of faith and justice
Young people from across Australia have used writing, photography and digital media to explore how faith can inspire courage, compassion and action in the 2026 Australian Catholics Young Voices Awards.
Risky play helps young people ‘learn, grow and thrive’
A researcher from the University of Notre Dame Australia has co-authored a world-first position statement which is redefining how risky play among adolescents is understood by highlighting the role of challenge and exploration in developing confidence, resilience and lifelong wellbeing.
Young Australians finding traditional milestones out of reach
Young Australians are living through a “polycrisis” of overlapping economic, social, environmental, and political pressures that compound one another and push traditional milestones out of reach, according to new research. Source: SBS News.
Pope urges young people to become ‘the new saints’
Pope Leo XIV travelled to Assisi to celebrate the Jubilee Year of St Francis with 2500 young people, urging them to become the “new saints” the world needs today. Source: OSV News.
Teenagers flout social media ban
More than eight in 10 Australian teens were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because tech firms failed to implement effective age checks, the country’s internet regulator has found. Source: ABC News.
Pope urges young people not to be ‘couch potatoes’
Pope Leo XIV has urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on Saturday, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness”. Source: OSV News.