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Pope closes consistory, thanks cardinals for their work
Pope Leo XIV has thanked the College of Cardinals for its work during its two-day extraordinary consistory, highlighting its reflections on war, poverty, and social fragmentation as well as deeper wounds such as loneliness and loss of meaning. Source: EWTN News.
Government to double social media ban fines to $99m
Social media companies failing to enforce Australia’s ban on kids could face whopping $99 million fines after plans to double penalties were unveiled. Source: News.com.au.
Archbishop Comensoli appointed to Dicastery for Evangelisation
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli to the Dicastery for Evangelisation. The appointment was announced on Saturday. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Minimum wage rise has helped some, but not all
When both adults in a household work and still cannot afford a decent life, it shows that the problem is not individual failure, writes St Vincent de Paul Society national president Mark Gaetani. Source: Eureka Street.
Fr David Ranson elected Broken Bay diocesan administrator
Fr David Ranson was elected the diocesan administrator of the Broken Bay Diocese on Friday by the College of Consultors. Source: Broken Bay News.
Caritas Australia launches Venezuela earthquake appeal
Caritas Australia has launched an urgent appeal to support communities in Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes struck last week, causing widespread destruction and loss of life.
Notre Dame receives $3.5m grant for research project
The University of Notre Dame Australia will host a $3.5 million share of a prestigious grant in its Centre for the History of Philosophy for a project examining methods of logical argumentation across the Abrahamic philosophical traditions.
UK bishops ‘deeply distressed’ after bishop charged with rape
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has renewed its commitment to safeguarding after police in Staffordshire announced that a bishop in central England was charged with the rape of a minor. Source: OSV News.
Holy See backs call for moratorium on surrogacy
A declaration calling for an international moratorium on surrogacy has been launched at a high-level side event at the UN Human Rights Council at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Source: The Tablet.