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Cost of living and house prices see birthrate plummet
Sydney is leading the nation’s baby drought as cost-of-living pressure and out-of-reach house prices dampen the desire of young couples to start or expand their families. Source: The Australian.
Political parties urged to commit to capital funding for Catholic schools
Catholic Education Western Australia is calling on the state’s political parties to commit to providing state capital funding for Catholic schools.
Catholic aged care residents visit doctor without leaving home
VMCH (Villa Maria Catholic Homes) has secured $192,000 worth of grants to introduce telehealth services to residents at eight of its aged care homes in Victoria.
Ministry of evangelisation spreads the word – slowly
SPRED – SPecial REligious Development – is a ministry of evangelisation and belonging that has fostered the spiritual life of people living with intellectual disabilities in the Toowoomba Diocese for nearly 40 years.
ACU graduate to read ‘Great Books’ in US
One of the first graduates from Australian Catholic University’s Western Civilisation program has won a prestigious international scholarship to pursue her studies in the United States.
‘Wilful blindness’: Big fines for tech giants that ignore abuse material
Tech giants such as Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta face fines of almost $800,000 a day if they don’t come clean on their progress in combating child exploitation and abuse material on their platforms. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Pietà to get high-tech protection for Jubilee year
The Vatican is installing a set of nine, bullet-proof and shatter-proof glass panels in front of one of its most famous works of art, Michelangelo’s marble Pietà sculpture in St Peter’s Basilica. Source: CNS
Chaldean bishops call for two-state solution in Holy Land
Wrapping up their annual Synod in Baghdad, the Chaldean bishops of Iraq expressed their deep concern over the impact of the war in Gaza on the entire region, and reaffirmed a two-state solution as the only way for a lasting peace. Source: Vatican News.
Vatican envoy to UN says nuclear weapons ‘an existential threat’
The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva has addressed a UN committee on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Source: Vatican News.