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Labor’s plan for reduced migration to be announced this week
The Albanese Government will reveal plans to cut migration levels before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies to the United States on Friday. Source: 7News.
Australia ‘a good country that has lost its way’
Australia’s future depends on rebuilding social trust, understanding our history and finding causes worth fighting for, according to former deputy prime minister John Anderson. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Vatican records deaths of more than 1700 martyrs in 21st century
A new Vatican commission has recorded the deaths of more than 1700 martyrs in the 21st century, including Christians from other denominations, with between 100 and 150 new names added this year. Source: Crux.
CSSV welcomes decriminalisation of begging in Victoria
Catholic Social Services Victoria has welcomed the Victorian Parliament’s vote last week to decriminalise begging in the state.
Missionary monk connects monastic tradition and contemporary world
Monks, it might seem, live in a parallel world detached from chaos. But that distance is what gives monks a clearer understanding of it, says visiting English Benedictine Abbot Christopher Jamison. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Woman born to surrogate mother calls for abolition of surrogacy
The Australian Law Reform Commission has completed a review of the nation’s patchwork of state laws on surrogacy. It will be tabled in Parliament in November. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
English-language version of Pope’s book released
The English version of Pope Leo XIV’s book “Freedom Under Grace: Reflections on the Spiritual Tradition That Formed Me”, went on sale yesterday in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth. Source: Vatican News.
Lights, camera, Cardinal: On the film set with Mel Gibson
German Cardinal Gerhard Müller said he spent an entire day on the film set of Mel Gibson’s “The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One”, discussing the theology of the Resurrection with the Australian filmmaker. Source: OSV News.
Bishops urge repeal of anti-conversion law in Indian state
Catholic bishops have urged the ruling Congress party in southern India’s Karnataka to repeal the state’s anti-conversion law, saying it restricts citizens’ fundamental right to freely profess, practice, and propagate religion. Source: UCA News.