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Former Broome bishop sentenced to more than six years in jail
Former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for sexual offences against two young men. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Church leaders must listen to voices ‘absent from the table’
Catholics in Australia who do not regularly attend Sunday Mass remain deeply connected with their faith, according to new research released today. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Pope urges frank reckoning with Catholic teaching on sex and marriage
Pope Leo XIV has called on Church leaders to address the “growing distance” between the “ways in which sex and intimacy are lived and the Christian vision of marriage”. Source: NCR Online.
Pacific leaders call for climate justice ahead of COP31
Pacific Church leaders, young people and community representatives have gathered in Fiji to share stories, reflections and calls for climate justice ahead of COP31. Source: Caritas Australia.
Labor’s controversial plan to scrap private health bonus under threat
Coalition and Greens senators have united against the Albanese Government’s controversial plan to scrap the private health insurance bonus for over-65s as new modelling reveals most of those affected by the change take home less than $37,000 a year. Source: The Age.
Diocese to subsidise theological education for parishioners
Parramatta Diocese is partnering with BBI-The Australian Institute of Theological Education (BBI-TAITE) to equip more lay women and men to take an active role in the life and mission of the Church.
How World Mission Sunday shaped Leo’s vocation
Pope Leo XIV has released a personal video message for the centenary of World Mission Sunday, recalling how the annual celebration helped shape his missionary vocation. Source: Catholic Mission.
Children’s remains were buried: investigation
A new update from the excavation at Ireland’s former mother and baby home in Tuam is challenging years of claims that children’s remains were “dumped” at the site, with investigators reporting that all 109 sets of remains recovered so far show evidence of having been buried in coffins. Source: OSV News.
Canada decides mental illness no grounds for euthanasia
The Canadian Government will not expand its assisted suicide program for individuals suffering solely from a mental illness, Minister of Justice Sean Fraser said yesterday. Source: EWTN News.