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Catholic advocates call for solutions for people ‘living in limbo’
As Australia prepares to mark Refugee Week, Jesuit Refugee Service Australia and St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia are calling on the Albanese Government to provide permanent and dignified solutions for the hundreds of people still trapped in limbo.
Seminarians go to front of the class
Seven young men from Holy Spirit Seminary in the Diocese of Parramatta will soon be heading back to school, but this time they will be standing at the front of the classroom, teaching students in public schools about the Catholic faith. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Notre Dame to present lectures by renowned Jewish philosopher
The University of Notre Dame Australia will welcome internationally renowned scholar Samuel Lebens to Sydney and Perth this July for a program of public events exploring Jewish philosophy and ethics, past and present. Source: The Record.
Texas Catholics prepare to welcome World Cup visitors
Texas Catholics are preparing to welcome fans from around the world as the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament officially gets underway today. Source: EWTN News.
Catholic students in Bangladesh plant 10,000 trees
Youth groups and students participating in a Catholic environmental movement have planted more than 10,000 trees in Bangladesh. Source: The Tablet.
Family greed sets background for canvas of discontent
British stage and screen legend Sir Ian McKellen stars in a comedy-drama about an artist’s two estranged children who want a rich inheritance, so they hire a forger to complete the art works of their dying father. Source: Australian Catholics.
Pope blesses and inaugurates new tower of Sagrada Familia
On his second day in Barcelona, Pope Leo XIV blessed and inaugurated a recently completed tower on the city’s renowned Sagrada Familia basilica, which is now the tallest church in the world. Source: Crux.
Labor considers tax exemptions after warning from religious groups
The Albanese Government is considering an exemption for discretionary trusts that would allow them to make donations to charities before paying the new 30 per cent tax on distribution income. Source: The Australian.
Archbishop Balvo farewelled as Apostolic Nuncio
A farewell Mass at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Canberra on Sunday celebrated both Archbishop Charles Balvo’s retirement as apostolic nuncio and the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest. Source: Catholic Voice.