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Bishops call for peace as Middle East conflict escalates
As the United States and Israel continued their campaign against Iran and the newest war continued to spread across the Middle East, bishops and Christian leaders appealed for peace before the conflict escalates any further. Source: OSV News.
Indigenous Catholic conference opens in New Zealand
Delegates from Australia, Canada, the United States and the Vatican joined New Zealanders in Auckland yesterday for the opening day of the International Conference on Catholic Indigenous. Source: NZCBC.
Peak bodies call on government to stabilise hospital system
Catholic Health Australia has joined the Australian Private Hospitals Association in calling on the Albanese Government to “guarantee and legislate” a minimum private health insurer benefit-payout ratio of 90 per cent.
NSW Catholic schools reach highest ever market share
Reflecting growing demand for a Catholic education, Catholic schools in NSW have reached their highest ever market share. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Irish harp a tribute to migrants who helped build diocese
The Central Victorian Irish Association has gifted an Irish harp statue to Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, symbolising the Irish migrants whose faith, culture and labour helped build the Church in the Sandhurst Diocese. Source: Sandpiper.
Perth parishioner celebrates 50 years as an acolyte
A Perth parishioner has served for five decades as an acolyte in his home parish at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Bruce Rock. Source: The Record.
Theology an integral part of Church’s mission: Pope
“Theology serves the proclamation of the Gospel; therefore, it is an integral and fundamental part of the Church’s mission,” Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
More than 388 million Christians face persecution, UN told
Today’s persecution of Christians is one of the most prevalent crises in the world today, a Vatican official has told the United Nations. Source: Crux.
Cultivating a new form of ministry in Vietnam
Before the heat settles over Ho Chi Minh City, Sr Agathe Tran Thi Mong Huyen steps quietly into a small mushroom-growing house behind her convent to tend to some 4000 mushroom bags. Source: Global Sisters Report.