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Australia laying the ground work for Papal visit in 2028
Much work remains, but everything is being done to ensure Pope Leo’s visit to Australia in 2028. That was the message from Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, to international journalists in Rome. Source: Broken Bay Diocese.
Push to impose safeguards on automated aged care decisions
Australians relying on computer-generated decisions for critical aged care and disability funding could be granted greater protections as pressure mounts on the government to impose safeguards. Source: Yahoo News.
Report finds chaos and distraction rife in classrooms
Chaotic classrooms, digital distractions, truancy and bullying are rife in Australian schools, the latest global testing reveals. Source: The Australian.
Supporting refugees, seniors, families in crisis is ‘the Church in action’
As Australians search for answers amid growing social division, political unrest and financial hardship, it is critical that the Church speaks into the public square, says Catholic Social Services Australia chief executive Jerry Nockles. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Thanksgiving Mass celebrates beatification of Lebanese ‘founding father’
The Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family in Sydney gathered for a thanksgiving Mass marking the beatification of the order’s co-founder, Patriarch Elias Howayek. Source: OzArab Media.
Congress will explore faith through an Augustinian lens
The Friends of St Augustine and the Australasian Augustinian Province have invited all laity to the 2026 National Lay Congress in Melbourne next month.
Archbishop compares US-Mexico border wall to Berlin Wall
A German archbishop says the wall between the United States and Mexico, with its towering fortifications and razor wire dividing the two border communities evoked a painful memory in his own country’s history: the Berlin Wall. Source: OSV News.
Ebola outbreak outpaces efforts to contain it
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo confronts a rapidly worsening Ebola outbreak, communities and health workers face the crisis amid conflict, displacement and an already fragile healthcare system, writes Br Nicaise Mundurame CSsR. Source: Common Home TV.
New statue to honour ‘world’s most prominent Peruvian’
The Peruvian city of Callao announced an unusual tribute to Pope Leo XIV ahead of his November visit to the South American country: the largest statue of the pontiff in the world. Source: OSV News.