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Pope makes surprise appearance at Palm Sunday Mass
As the Church begins its most solemn period of the year, Pope Francis made another surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square at the end of Palm Sunday Mass yesterday, wishing the faithful a blessed start to Holy Week. Source: Crux.
Cost of living and first home buyers take centre stage at election launches
Labor and the Coalition have officially launched their federal election campaigns, with the cost of living and first home buyers taking centre stage as the race nears the halfway mark. Source: SBS News.
Chaplains ‘effectively being locked out’ of Northern Territory prisons
Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci has written to the Northern Territory Government expressing concern over a chronic lack of access to NT prisons, saying chaplains are effectively being locked out. Source: ABC News.
Australians still turning to Christianity in large numbers: report
Generation Z are open to changing their views on spirituality and, once involved in a faith, become highly motivated to live it out, a new McCrindle report has found. Source: The Catholic Leader.
University students and staff take a new course
A national short course series is equipping university students and staff with the tools to recognise and respond to modern slavery in Australia. Source: ACRATH.
Diplomat praises ministry of deacons
Apostolic Nuncio to Australia Archbishop Charles Balvo highlighted the important role that deacons play in the Church following his attendance at the 2025 National Deacons Conference in Adelaide. Source: The Southern Cross.
Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy has issued a decree updating the Church’s norms governing Mass intentions and stipends, emphasising both proper spiritual understanding and practical solutions for modern pastoral challenges. Source: CNA.
France to see a record 17,800 catechumens baptised at Easter
In record-breaking numbers, more than 17,800 catechumens will be baptised in France during the Easter Vigil on April 19, according to an annual survey by the French bishops’ conference’s National Service for Catechumens. Source: OSV News.
Nicaragua accused of intensifying crackdown on Catholic Church
Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. Source: NCR Online.