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Brother’s charity delivers dignity on wheels
Charity co-founder and Christian Brother Thomas Oliver (Olly) Pickett has been named 2025 Senior Australian of the Year. Source: 9news.com.au.
Archdiocese welcomes housing policy shift
Brisbane Archdiocese has applauded the new Queensland Government for following through on its promise to unlock faith-based land to help address the state’s housing crisis. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Francis eggs on Eastern church for common Easter date
Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East. Source: OSV News.
Canberra to host Holocaust education centre
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged $6.4 million to build a national Holocaust education centre in Canberra and upgrade a facility in Western Australia that does school workshops. Source: SBS News.
Simple lives, faithful mission – religious orders remembered
The contribution of 30 religious orders across the Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocese will be celebrated at Mass at St Christopher’s Cathedral, Canberra, as part of the Jubilee Year. Source: Catholic Voice.
College backs Classical education program
Liberal arts tertiary institute Campion College will offer the Foundations in the Classics Homeschool Program, a new initiative for homeschoolers aged 13–17.
Pope urges free and responsible communication
Communication is something divine with the power to build communities and the Church, Pope Francis told thousands of journalists and people working in media and communication. Source: CNS.
US bishops defend record on immigration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops says its long-standing refugee program is a “work of mercy”, after Vice President JD Vance criticised the bishops’ positions on immigration issues. Source: CNA.
Church warns of ‘catastrophe’ in DRC
The secretary general of the Bishops Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo says the situation in the conflict-hit eastern part of the country is “catastrophic”. Source: Crux.