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Middle East United States

Netanyahu agrees to US proposal to end Gaza war

Israel has agreed to a United States proposal to end its war on Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump have announced after holding talks at the White House. Source: ABC News.

Youth

Festival an opportunity for Church leaders to listen

Bishops are looking forward to the Australian Catholic Youth Festival as an opportunity to listen to and engage with the Church’s emerging leaders – its young people. Source: ACBC.

Health Vatican

Pope chooses theme for World Day of the Sick

Loving someone who is sick requires “concrete gestures of closeness”, just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten by thieves, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development says. Source: CNS.

Veterans

Labor launches new agency to combat veteran suicide 

The Albanese Government is launching Australia’s first-ever agency to combat suicide among serving and retired defence personnel, following through on the “most important recommendation” of a landmark probe. Source: News.com.au.

Canon Law

Conference examines issues ‘both complex and pastoral’

Around 100 participants gathered in Adelaide this month for the 58th annual Conference of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Prayer Religious Orders

The difference between saying prayers and praying

“We’re really good at saying prayers, we’re not so good at praying,” Dominican Father Alex Vickers says. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Europe Vatican

Pope calls on European institutions to promote ‘healthy secularism’

“European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism,” Pope Leo XIV told members of a European Parliament working group on interreligious dialogue yesterday. Source: Vatican News.

Africa

Zimbabwe’s Christian leaders urge international community to cancel debt

Christian leaders in Zimbabwe marked the International Day of Peace with an appeal to the international community to cancel Zimbabwe’s debt, saying such a step would help revive the country’s economy, reduce poverty, and build lasting peace. Source: CNA.

United States

US Catholic bishops express sorrow after attack on LDS church

Several United States Catholic bishops have expressed sorrow over a deadly attack at a Michigan house of worship, which took place just weeks after a mass shooting at a Minnesota Catholic church. Source: OSV News.