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Chalmers set to announce cash handout for every working Australian
The Albanese Government is set to announce a multibillion-dollar cash splash for all working Australians as its centrepiece cost-of-living support in the May budget. Source: The Australian.
Bishop Long features in ABC series on Vietnamese refugees
Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv’s testimony of coming to Australia as a refugee is part of a new ABC Education series, Journeys of Hope from Vietnam. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Holocaust survivor tells inquiry Jews in Australia ‘have become targets’
A Holocaust survivor has told the royal commission into antisemitism that Jews in Australia “have become targets” and that he is scared to wear his Star of David in public. Source: ABC News.
Catholic community offers prayers to family of Kumanjayi Little Baby
The Catholic parish in the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs has offered prayer and sympathy to the Aboriginal community after the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Fears social media accelerating decline in youth literacy
Youth literacy in Australia is in decline and researchers are concerned social media is a contributing factor. Source: ACU.
Couples for Christ have a single aim
More than 500 people who have been on a journey to strengthen their Christian faith gathered for a weekend on the Gold Coast. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope invited to visit ‘Polish Lourdes’
A Marian sanctuary in northeastern Poland – dubbed the “Polish Lourdes” – could soon draw global attention, as Pope Leo XIV has been invited to visit the site where the Virgin Mary appeared approximately 160 times. Source: OSV News.
New book a window into the spirituality that shaped Pope
The faithful curious about who Pope Leo XIV was before his election to the papacy now have a new window into the Augustinian spirituality that shaped him. Source: EWTN News.
Bishops concerned over Israeli demolitions in Lebanon
The Council of Melkite Greek Catholic Bishops in Lebanon has expressed deep concern over reports that Israel was demolishing civilian and religious buildings in parts of southern Lebanon under its control. Source: NCR Online.