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Driving down inflation is key to easing household pressure: CSSA
Catholic Social Services Australia acknowledged the Reserve Bank’s decision yesterday to lift the cash rate, recognising the financial strain this places on many Australians, particularly mortgage holders.
Canon law serves the Church’s mission and communion: Archbishop Randazzo
Australian Archbishop Anthony Randazzo said canon law must remain grounded in the Gospel and serve the Church’s communion and mission, in his first interview since taking up leadership of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Legislative Texts. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Pope to explore notion of ‘attention’ in clickbait age
Pope Leo XIV will address the risks of today’s “attention economy”, in which media platforms compete for and monetise people’s limited and valuable attention, as the theme for World Communications Day in 2027. Source: OSV News.
Chaplains encouraged to accompany Defence families
Newly ordained Military Bishop Stuart Hall has barely arrived in Canberra, but he is already making clear how he intends to serve. Source: Catholic Voice.
Cowboys program helps remote schools try harder
A groundbreaking initiative driven by the North Queensland Cowboys Community Foundation is successfully reversing chronic school absenteeism in one of Queensland’s most remote communities. Source: Townsville Bulletin.
Fire-ravaged church becomes hope-filled pilgrimage site
Eight months after fires tore through parts of Victoria, locals gathered in Caveat for an outdoor Mass at the site where the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church once stood. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Vietnam authorities confirm two Catholic activists detained
Vietnam has confirmed its security forces detained two ethnic Vietnamese Catholics – an Australian and a Norwegian – who went missing in Cambodia 12 days ago after meeting with activists from the outlawed pro-democracy movement Viet Tan. Source: UCA News.
Church leader shares ‘disappointment’ over parade
The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland said he is “deeply saddened” that people of a predominantly Catholic area in Northern Ireland are facing “tension, fear and uncertainty” after a contentious Protestant parade was given the green light. Source: The Tablet.
Three heroic wartime Italian priests beatified
Three Italian priests murdered by the Nazis during World War II were beatified as martyrs on Sunday. Source: Crux Now.