Caritas Australia has launched its much-anticipated Laudato Si’ Action Plan in response to the Pope’s Laudato Si' encyclical.

As the parish of St Dominic in Melbourne’s Camberwell East celebrates the centenary of its founding, parish priest, Fr Paul Rowse OP, believes that one of the unique contributions the Dominican charism brings to modern society is the belief that, in the end, “truth doesn’t change”, reports Melbourne Catholic.

A class of Year Six schoolchildren from Our Lady of Dolours, Mitchelton, in Brisbane, are about to visit the monastery of the Sisters of Mary Morning Star and they are buzzing with questions, reports The Catholic Leader.

For 37-year-old Matthew Pinson, joining the Jesuits was the perfect way to combine and retain his two greatest passions in life – his Catholic faith and his love of physics, reports The Bridge.

Restructuring the working week to include hours spent on caring for family members or in community volunteering is one way societies could better recognise the dignity of women, a Vatican representative told a Sydney gathering for International Women’s Day, reports The Catholic Weekly.