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Bishops welcome decision to raise minimum wage
Australia’s Catholic bishops have welcomed the pay rise for almost three million workers. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Human rights commission sounds alarm on Labor’s NDIS law
Australia’s peak human rights body says it holds serious concerns about Labor’s new laws to govern the National Disability Insurance Scheme, warning they risk compromising the rights of disabled people and must be slowed down. Source: The Age.
Pope prays that sport be an instrument of peaceÂ
With the FIFA World Cup opening this month, Pope Leo XIV has dedicated his June prayer intention to the power of sport to build bridges between cultures and nations. Source: OSV News.
Australia’s youngest Catholic diocese celebrates 40th anniversary
Almost a thousand people gathered in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, on Sunday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Parramatta Diocese, marking four decades of growth across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains.
Community’s dream of new church becomes reality
A new church begins long before the first wall is built. It begins with faith, prayer, and a community willing to build its future on Christ, as the faithful of St Clare’s, Narellan Vale, can attest. Source: Wollongong Diocese.
Youth festival  highlights captured in book and recording
Six months on from the Australian Catholic Youth Festival, the Melbourne Archdiocese has released a book and recordings of the festival’s highlights. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
New chief for Vatican communications department
Maria Montserrat Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, will become the first laywoman to lead a Vatican dicastery after Pope Leo XIV appointed her prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication. Source: EWTN News.
Pope to speak on key issues during Spain visit
Spanish Catholics are eagerly awaiting a visit from Pope Leo XIV this week, the first papal trip to the country since Pope Benedict XVI travelled to Madrid for World Youth Day in 2011. Source: NCR Online.
Isaiah theme for care for creation prayer day
Pope Leo XIV has turned to the Book of Isaiah for the theme for this year’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, traditionally celebrated on September 1. Source: Vatican News.