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Employers and governments urged to give young people a fair go
Australians have been urged to use today’s Feast of St Joseph the Worker to reflect on young peoples’ struggle for secure work. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Pope grants ecclesiastical communion to new Chaldean Patriarch
Pope Leo XIV has granted ecclesiastical communion to the new patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, His Beatitude Mar Paul III Nona. Source: EWTN News.
Inquiry calls for gun buyback scheme and improved security
Authorities could not have prevented the Bondi Beach terror attack, but there are major improvements that should be made to Australia’s counter-terrorism capability, a royal commission into antisemitism has found. Source: 9news.com.au.
Pope urges Catholics to pray that everyone might have food
Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics across the globe to join him this May in praying that everyone might have food. Source: Vatican News.
CSSA’s ‘profound sorrow’ over child’s death in Alice Springs
Catholic Social Services Australia has expressed “profound sorrow and heartache” at the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby in Alice Springs, and called for a renewed commitment to dignity and justice.
Preaching school helps Catholics find the words to express the Word
The Catholic Church is rich in faith, prayer and ritual. But, as Sr Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF sees it, many Catholics need help finding the words to express that faith. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Church leaders in South Sudan call for justice
Church leaders in South Sudan are putting a spotlight on the growing number of disappearances in the country, two years after a priest and his driver set out on a dangerous road and were never seen again. Source: NCR Online.
Suspect arrested over assault of French nun in Jerusalem
Police in Israel announced the arrest of a man suspected in the assault of a French nun working in Jerusalem as a researcher. Source: OSV News.
Wonderful tale of forgiveness and redemption
The first 100 or so pages of Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables” are the focus of “Jean Valjean – The Story of an Honest Man”. Source: Australian Catholics.