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Medical team reports Pope’s clinical conditions ‘improving’
Pope Francis continues to recover from double pneumonia, with the Vatican no longer describing his condition as “critical” for a second day. Source: NCR Online.
Catholic charities caught up in Facebook ad scams
Social media giant Meta has been profiting from hundreds of Facebook scam advertisements preying on Australians experiencing financial hardship, leaving taxpayers and charities to foot the bill. Source: The Age.
Caritas Australia meets new ambassador to Holy See
Caritas Australia representatives yesterday met with Australia’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, to discuss the effects global debt and climate change have on the world’s most vulnerable people.
Honorary degree for founding governor of Notre Dame Australia
An honorary doctor of letters degree has been awarded to the University of Notre Dame Australia’s founding governor Peter Prendiville for his exceptional contribution to the university since its inception.
‘Being a refugee has shaped me’: Bishop Long to tell his Vietnam War story
Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv will offer a personal reflection on the atrocities of the Vietnam War at an Australian Catholic Historical Society event next month. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Emmanuel Community celebrates 50 years at anniversary Mass
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge thanked the Emmanuel Community for being a “living sign” of the Holy Spirit for 50 years at a Thanksgiving Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral last Saturday. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope gives Sr Petrini two assistants to help run Vatican City
Pope Francis has changed the office governing Vatican City State’s statutes to give the new president two top-level assistants. Source: CNS.
Catholic Church in US losing more believers than other religions
Catholics are seeing the greatest net losses of believers compared to other religions in the United States, a new survey by Pew Research Centre shows. Source: OSV News.
Coptic martyrs memorialised in short but powerful animation
“The 21” is an animated short film commemorating the lives of the 21 Coptic Christian men who were martyred in Libya in 2015. Source: The Catholic Weekly.