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The number of Catholics worldwide rose by 16.69 million to 1.422 billion, according to the Catholic Church Statistics 2026 dossier prepared by the Vatican’s Fides News Agency.
Source: @VaticanNews.
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Catholic Health Australia says the Albanese Government’s decision to let aged care residents pay for their accommodation by lump sum while their means assessment is finalised is a sensible and welcome change.
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Pope Leo XIV appeared at the window of his private study in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace yesterday, just one day after being discharged early from hospital following surgery last Tuesday.
Source: @EWTNews.
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Yesterday marked 50 years since the death of James McAuley, the man considered to be Australia’s most significant Catholic hymn writer.
Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
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As World Mission Sunday approaches this weekend, Catholics across Australia are invited to begin their celebrations by joining the universal Church in praying the Mission Rosary.
Source: @catholicmission.
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The Vatican meeting of the world’s bishops’ conference presidents and the heads of Eastern Catholic churches marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia concluded this week.
Source: @OSVNews.
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Pope Leo XIV met with a top aide yesterday and resumed working from hospital, as doctors reported his lung had recovered well from surgery to remove a cancerous nodule.
Source: @NCRonline.
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“Laudato Si’ has inspired many to see the interconnectedness of ourselves with all creation.”
For integral ecology expert Jacqui Remond, that insight has helped broaden the way Catholics think about care for our common home.
Source: @Catholic_Voice.
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In attempting to solve one problem, a Tasmanian Greens bill to ban conversion practices in the state risks creating several others, writes Hobart Archbishop Anthony Ireland.
Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presided over the closing Mass for the Vatican meeting on marriage and family yesterday, reading a homily written by Pope Leo XIV, saying, “The world has no future without strong families”.
Via @NCRonline
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Pope Leo XIV has had more medical exams and started respiratory physical therapy following the lung cancer surgery that removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
Source: @OSVNews.
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Federal ministers, parliamentarians and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials stepped into the role of frontline humanitarian responders yesterday.
Source: @CaritasAust.
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New research challenges assumptions about Catholics absent from Sunday Mass, presenting the Church with an opportunity to reconnect through hospitality and missionary outreach, Daniel Ang writes.
Source: @catholic_weekly.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will do everything it can to stop the “abhorrent” live stream of a firing squad execution in the United States from being shown in Australia.
Source: @abcnews.
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Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer following a 90-minute surgery overnight during which surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
Source: @OSVNews.
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An extraordinary story of conversion, faith and the power of one simple act of love took centre stage at a Melbourne event supporting international charity Mary’s Meals.
Source: EWTN Australia.
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