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Pope urges ‘responsible care for the human family’ in the face of AI
Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence, underlines the need to safeguard human dignity as it is “threatened by new forms of dehumanisation”. Source: OSV News.
Bishops encourage study of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has encouraged the faithful to read Magnifica Humanitas and consider ways in which Pope Leo’s encyclical can be applied locally. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Coalition confirms support for religious freedom in schools
The Coalition is defending religious freedom in schools and pinning soaring private school fees on the Albanese Government’s inflationary public spending. Source: The Australian.
Albanese pushes ahead with tax changes amid backlash
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will present controversial changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax to Parliament on Thursday, pushing for speedy passage of the plans while flagging possible carve-outs for businesses beyond the startup sector. Source: The Guardian.
Conference president returns to the wellspring of his youth to open campus
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe was welcomed back to Salesian College Chadstone in Melbourne, where he was once a former student, teacher and rector. Source: The Record.
Helping homeless in Brisbane puts spring in Roby’s step on Alice trek
Roby Curtis is walking from Brisbane to Alice Springs in the spiritual footsteps of his hero, St John Paul II. Source: The Catholic Leader.
‘A wound in Christian memory’: Pope delivers slavery apology
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology yesterday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimising slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory”. Source: NCR Online.
European churches open doors in ecumenical collaboration
Hundreds of Christian churches and religious sites across central Europe will open their doors on Friday for the Night of Churches, an annual ecumenical initiative that draws nearly one million visitors in the Czech Republic and Austria combined. Source: EWTN News.
Delegation seeks forgiveness over Peru ecclesial body
A Vatican delegation, including cardinals, bishops, and representatives of the Church in Peru, knelt before farmers asking for forgiveness in response to abuses suffered at the hands of an ecclesial organisation dissolved in 2025. Source: Vatican News.