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Radical plan to build up and force housing prices down
Australia’s sprawling suburbs of single-storey homes would be transformed under a Productivity Commission plan to make the property market affordable, with three-storey developments allowed everywhere and high-rise apartment blocks built near train, tram and bus stations. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
‘Saint in sneakers’ relic tour draws thousands in Australia
From worshippers in city parishes to those from remote Indigenous communities, tens of thousands of Catholics around Australia are participating in four months of religious ceremonies dating back to the ancient catacombs of Rome, where the faithful venerated the relics of early martyrs and popes. Source: The Australian.
Parish Renewal Conference fires up faithful for mission
Nearly 400 faithful from across Australia gathered in Sydney for the Parish Renewal Conference, a day organisers hope will be remembered as the moment a new wave of evangelisation took hold in the Sydney Archdiocese. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Fifty women who changed the course of Church history
Fifty women, some who were accused of disobedience but went on to change the course of the Church’s history, have been featured in a new book. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Plans unveiled for new Christchurch cathedral
Plans for Christchurch’s new Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament have been unveiled, 16 years after a major earthquake damaged the city’s Catholic cathedral. Source: Christchurch Diocese.
Bordeaux cathedral holds Mass for parishes closed by wildfires
St André Cathedral in Bordeaux, France, held Mass on Sunday for parishes that closed down because of the wildfires approaching the outskirts of the city. Source: The Tablet.
Pope urges young people not to be ‘couch potatoes’
Pope Leo XIV has urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on Saturday, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness”. Source: OSV News.
Religious leaders urge PM to hold firm on telehealth VAD ban
Religious leaders have urged Anthony Albanese to hold his ground against his own Left faction after Labor delegates voted to overturn a federal ban on voluntary assisted dying telehealth appointments. Source: The Australian.
Christian Brothers strike deal with EREA to pay abuse victims in full
Abuse victims and survivors holding settlements or court judgments against the Christian Brothers will be paid in full, after the order’s trustees announced it would hand responsibility for compensation claims to Edmund Rice Education Australia. Source: The Catholic Leader.