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Pope prays for victims of Bondi Beach terrorist attack
Pope Leo XIV has condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Jewish community at Bondi Beach, saying: “Enough with these forms of antisemitic violence! We must eradicate hatred from our hearts.” Source: NCR Online.
National Cabinet agrees unanimously to strengthen gun laws
Only Australian citizens would be able to hold a firearm licence under stronger gun laws being considered by states and territories in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Source: ABC News.
Brisbane Archdiocese welcomes report calling for action on elder abuse
Elder abuse in Queensland has been exposed as a systemic failure requiring urgent and coordinated reform, with the final report of the state parliamentary inquiry affirming the seriousness, complexity and moral weight of the issue. Source: Brisbane Archdiocese.
New monastery to be built for Carmelite nuns in southern NSW
A new monastery will be built for the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Mathoura, New South Wales, with Cardinal Mykola Bychok and Wilcannia-Forbes Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green set to break ground on the project next month. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Music the string that connects violinist to her Catholic faith
After the 2019 bushfires, the landscape around Bianca Porcheddu’s home in Malua Bay, New South Wales, was stripped bare. Not knowing what else to do, the professional violinist picked up her instrument and played Bach amongst the blackened trees. Source: Catholic Voice.
Commonwealth initiative sees university expand medicine program
The University of Notre Dame Australia has received an extra 10 Commonwealth-supported places for its Doctor of Medicine program, as part of the federal government’s initiative to increase the nation’s medical workforce.
Nativity scene, Christmas tree signs of faith and hope: Pope
The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree are signs of faith and hope, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Jimmy Lai facing life in prison after conviction in security trial
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court yesterday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Source: Crux.
UNESCO declares Iztapalapa Way of the Cross a heritage site
A popular representation of the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ, held every Holy Week in Mexico City, has been declared a Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Source: CNA.