In a bid to bolster sustainability and social impact, a group of Catholic sisters recently graduated from a specialised social entrepreneurship training programme. The initiative, a part of the Sisters Branded Value Project (SBVP), aims to equip sisters with business skills and resources to ensure the sustainability of their ministries across East Africa. Sr Celestine Read more
Twenty-one new seminarians have begun their 2024-2025 academic programme and priestly formation for Irish dioceses. Welcoming the new student intake, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, chair of the Bishops’ Council for Vocations, said, “It is really heartening that twenty-one men have started as seminarians in various locations to study on propaedeutic courses. This brings the number of Read more
Dozens of students at Sydney’s Catholic high schools have been banned from bringing a date to their year 12 formal under a new policy, sparking a “huge uproar”. Under the rules, which apply to the 147 systemic schools within the city’s Catholic archdiocese, parents will also be forbidden from drinking alcohol at end-of-year celebrations. Released Read more
North Korea has executed two women who had been forcibly repatriated from China for helping other North Koreans in China escape to South Korea, a human rights organisation told Radio Free Asia. Charged with human trafficking, a 39-year-old woman surnamed Ri, and a 43-year-old surnamed Kang were executed on Aug 31 after a public trial Read more
A leading Fraternity of St Pius X member has surprisingly changed sides. The former district superior of the traditionalists, Father Firmin Udressy, is moving to the conservative but Vatican II-orientated Community of Saint Martin (Communaute Saint Martin). This emerges from a communiqué published today on Platform X by the Swiss district of the Priestly Fraternity Read more
Religious leaders in Springfield, Ohio gathered on Sunday (15 September) to denounce false claims that Haitian migrants in the area were “eating pets”. Rev. Carl Ruby of Central Christian Church addressed the issue directly during a service, declaring “Haitians are not eating pets in Springfield”. Rev. Ruby’s remarks came after former President Donald Trump made Read more
Birgit Weiler, a theologian and nun based in Peru, has called for the Catholic Church to address what she describes as “toxic masculinity” within its structures. Weiler, a theological advisor to the Latin American bishops’ council CELAM, highlighted that Jesus challenged the patriarchal norms of his time, treating women as equals. During an online lecture, Read more
Pope Francis’ recent remarks about religious pluralism have sparked criticism from within the Catholic Church, with stinging comments coming from more conservative figures. During an interfaith gathering in Singapore, the Pope went off-script from his prepared speech. He emphasised that different faiths serve as “languages” leading to the same divine truth. “There’s only one God, Read more
A prestigious Catholic high school that charges A$12,000 tuition fees has shaken up tradition and will allow its senior students to learn from home one day a week. Chevalier College, in NSW’s affluent semi-rural Bowral, will make its flexible school week permanent in 2025, following a successful trial in 2024. The Illawarra-based Catholic high school Read more
A primary school teacher in Yorkshire aims to transform Catholic nones’ faith experience through an innovative online video series. Greg Finn, an educator from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy, has launched “The Redeemed“, a weekly video project designed to encourage stillness, prayer and spiritual reflection among Catholic secondary school students. Aiming to engage Read more