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SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism warning
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the episcopal ordinations carried out yesterday without papal mandate by the Society of St Pius X constitute a schismatic act. Source: EWTN News.
Government warned hospital bed block up by 60 per cent
Hospital bed block has soared by 60 per cent in the past three years, new analysis from Catholic Health Australia has revealed. Source: The Australian.
Lismore Diocese embeds safeguarding in its culture
Lismore Diocese has recently undertaken a safeguarding audit that has demonstrated a thoughtful approach to the care of its communities. Source: ACSL.
Cost-of-living pressures top nation’s concerns in major survey
Australians are anxious about money and losing faith that things will get better, according to a major new survey of more than 15,000 Australians. Source: SBS News.
Perth columbarium ‘an almost perfect expression of architecture’
A columbarium at a Perth parish has won an award at the 2026 Western Australian Architecture Awards. Source: The Record.
Mural a smash hit with disadvantaged students
MacKillop Education’s Maidstone campus has unveiled a new mural honouring Australian tennis icon Evonne Goolagong Cawley in an initiative that brings together sport, culture and opportunity for young people in Melbourne’s west. Source: MacKillop Family Services.
Holy See says UN agency an ‘essential lifeline’ in Gaza
The Holy See has reaffirmed its financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, describing the agency as an “essential lifeline” for millions of Palestinian refugees. Source: Vatican News.
Benedictines launch 1500th anniversary initiative
Preparations have begun for the 1500th anniversary of the founding of Italy’s Monte Cassino, the mother abbey of Western monasticism established by St. Benedict in 529. Source: OSV News.
Churches join in prayer against restrictions on foreign donations
Christians in India of all denominations united in a day of prayer and fasting on Sunday, opposing a draconian bill to regulate foreign funding. Source: The Tablet.