Religious have once again featured on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in recognition of their long-term service to education and the community.

Now is not a time to continue looking the other way, indifferent to the signs that our planet is being plundered and violated by greed for profit, Pope Francis said in a letter to mark World Environment Day.

A sports injury that blocked his road to the Rome Olympics, a Christian Brother who offered him a “free ticket to Heaven” and a persuasive aunt all played a part in Brother Chris Pritchard’s vocation story that’s spanned 60 years, The Catholic Leader reports.

Loreto Sisters in Australia have not let the COVID-19 crisis slow down their prayer life, social justice outreach or care for those in need.

Good Samaritan Sister Veronica Hoey has been appointed as Vicar for Religious for the Archdiocese of Melbourne.