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Pope calls for stronger safeguards to protect children against AI manipulation
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence online and in schools demands stronger government-enforced safeguards, education in the critical use of media and more consistent monitoring by parents and teachers, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
SA Parliament votes down bid to limit late-term abortions
A new push to change South Australia’s abortion laws to limit terminations after 23 weeks has been voted down in state parliament’s upper house. Source: ABC News.
Church-based aid agencies show what they Can Do
A coalition of Australian church-based aid agencies has reached more than 4.4 million people affected by disasters across 19 countries, marking a decade of coordinated humanitarian action through the Church Agencies Network Disaster Operations (CAN DO). Source: Caritas Australia.
VMCH chief crowned non-profit Exec of the Year
The Chief Executive Officer of aged care and disability provider VMCH, Sonya Smart, has been named the top executive in her field at the 2025 Australian Executive of the Year Awards.
‘It was like fighting the devil with water pistols’: Memoir
With next year marking the 30-year anniversary of the fire that devastated the heritage-listed St Patrick’s Cathedral in Parramatta, a new book by Monsignor John Boyle recalls the event that captivated the public, politicians and the Australian media. Source: Diocese of Parramatta.
Students show a little kindness goes a long way
St Kevin’s Catholic Primary School Eastwood in Sydney made a splash on national television when it celebrated World Kindness Day by becoming the first school in Australia to launch the My Acts of Kindness (MAOK) Schools Program. Source: Sydney Catholic Schools.
Education empowers Timor-Leste youth to be agents of change
Jesuit Mission Australia will host a webinar this month to celebrate the transformative power of Jesuit education in Timor-Leste.
US bishops ‘disturbed’ and ‘saddened’ by vilification of immigrants
The US Catholic bishops have released a special pastoral message on immigration that expresses their collective solidarity with immigrants amid the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement tactics. Source: National Catholic Reporter.
Sweet, timely comedy about the pains of working-class existence
This American comedy tells the story of an angel, called Gabriel, who decides to teach a struggling man a lesson that money doesn’t necessarily solve human problems. Source: Australian Catholics.