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Government bows to pressure on home care packages
The Albanese Government will immediately fund 20,000 more home care packages to support older Australians living at home, caving to pressure from across the Parliament. Source: ABC News.
Bishops meet ecclesial communities and movements
Representatives of 25 ecclesial communities and movements met with Australia’s Catholic bishops in Sydney from August 21 to 22 to strengthen their relationships and discuss ways to effectively collaborate. Source: ACBC.
Salvation comes from being able to ask for God’s help: Pope
The human longing for love is not a sign of weakness but demonstrates that no one is completely self-sufficient and that salvation comes from letting oneself be loved and helped by God, Pope Leo XIV said. Source: OSV News.
Labor moves to toughen and extend BetStop register
Communications Minister Anika Wells says she is working to strengthen the media watchdog’s powers to “crack down” on bookmakers who breach Australia’s gambling self-exclusion register. Source: The Australian.
Divine Word Missionaries celebrate 150th anniversary
The Society of the Divine Word’s Sydney community celebrated the 150th anniversary of the order’s founding in conjunction with its annual Multicultural Sunday event, highlighting one of the most foundational of Divine Word characteristics – interculturality. Source: In The Word.
Sister who introduced Loreto order to Australia honoured
Mother Mary Gonzaga Barry IBVM, the Irish religious sister who introduced the Loreto order to Australia 150 years ago, has been named a Trailblazer on the 2025 Victorian Honour Roll of Women for her contribution to education.
Pope invites Israel’s President to the Vatican
Pope Leo XIV has invited Israeli President Isaac Herzog to the Vatican for a meeting this week to discuss the safety of Christians in the Middle East and other “political matters”. Source: Crux.
US community ‘turning to the Lord’ one week after church shooting
A United States archbishop said Catholics and others are revealing “signs of God’s great love” in the week following the deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. Source: CNA.
Church-run hospices in UK ‘at risk’ if assisted suicide legalised
An English archbishop has called on Catholics to write to members of the House of Lords to urge them to oppose an assisted suicide bill which could trigger the closure of church-run hospices and care homes. Source: Catholic Review.