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Labor warned deportation laws weren’t sufficiently justified
A Labor-majority Senate committee raised concerns about new laws that do away with the obligation to provide non-citizens facing deportation to Nauru procedural fairness, in a report tabled hours after the legislation passed Parliament. Source: ABC News.
Archbishop Coleridge faces retirement with ‘mixed feelings’
Archbishop Mark Coleridge says he faces his retirement on Thursday with “very mixed feelings” of loss, anticipation and what he calls the “sneaky working of grace”. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Sydney clergy learn how to respond to domestic violence
Sydney archdiocesan clergy gathered at Waterview in Bicentennial Park on August 28 for a conference on safeguarding families from domestic violence. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Pope interviewed ahead of new biography
Pope Leo XIV has given his first one-on-one interview to Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen as part of her new biography of the pontiff. Source: Crux.
These boots were made to help end homelessness
More than 3000 people participated in the Walk a Mile in My Boots event in Adelaide, walking in solidarity with the estimated 7000 people who are experiencing homelessness in South Australia. Source: The Southern Cross.
ACU’s new executive dean ‘a force for transformation’
Larissa McLean Davies has been appointed executive dean of the Faculty of Education and Arts at Australian Catholic University.
Vatican experts say Minneapolis shooting victims could qualify as ‘new martyrs’
Vatican experts say the two children killed in last month’s shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church could one day be included on a list they are compiling of “new martyrs and witnesses of the faith”. Source: CNA.
Holy See’s UN diplomat calls for end to nuclear weapons
The Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations says that amid a global arms race, ending the threat of nuclear war – and even the testing of nuclear weapons – is imperative. Source: Catholic Review.
Pilgrim on way to Pakistan’s largest Marian shrine shot dead
A 42-year-old Catholic was killed, and a teenager was injured when gunmen opened fire on a van carrying 18 pilgrims to Pakistan’s largest Marian shrine near Lahore on Sunday. Source: UCA News.