The content that has been gathered over the past five months will be augmented by other processes that have considered the role of synodality in the life of the Church.

The fruits of the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia have been
gathered together in a new report that contains dozens of proposals to shape the ongoing
Council journey.

Perth theologian Professor Matthew Ogilvie writes that secular universities are filled with people searching for truth.
However, a lack of faith in the fount of all truth and lacking confidence, they resort to cancelling.
Saint John Paul II, writes Professor Ogilvie, did not tell us to preserve truth by suppressing challenges but by pursuing a higher truth.

The gift of life was celebrated on the feast of the Annunciation as Catholics gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral Perth on 26 March to observe the Day of the Unborn Child. By Lissette Jas, Pregnancy Assistance Inc. By Lisette Jas.

Praedicate Evangelium, meaning Preach the Gospel, has recently been promulgated by Pope Francis, Saturday 19 March. Merging some congregations and pontifical councils and raising the status of others – particularly the charitable office of the papal almoner – Pope Francis said he hoped the constitution would ensure that the offices of the Vatican fulfill their mission in helping promote the church as a community of missionary disciples, sharing the Gospel and caring for all those in need.

Catholic News Service authors provided their insights on how to make Lent meaningful in 2022 – especially since this is the third Lent the church will observe during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Anna Capizzi Galvez, Catholic News Service.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews this week announced that 150 asylum-seekers in Australia will be able to relocate to New Zealand each year for the next three years.

Adult Adam (Ryan Reynolds) hails from the year 2050. Arriving in the present, he teams with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) to nip a future problem for humanity in the bud.

Sydney catechist Caroline Fisher said the picture book, “Jesus Had a Body Like Me: A Theology of the Body for Babies and Little Ones,” is aimed not just at children but at those who read to them. By Marilyn Rodrigues Catholic News Service.

Praying before a statue of Mary that was loaned by the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima at San Vittoriano on the outskirts of Rome, Pope Francis pleaded with Mary to “accept this act that we carry out with confidence and love. Grant that war may end, and peace spread throughout the world.”