Sister Ivy Khoury, Africa Program Coordinator at Caritas Australia, works alongside local partners in Mozambique and Zimbabwe on long-term development projects, and has seen first-hand this year how COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings have hit communities that rely on small-scale agriculture for their food and livelihoods.

Gifts play an important part in our society and Christmas is our biggest season of gift-giving. Some gifts are cherished and a source of great joy; others put aside with little care or even passed onto others. Perhaps it is true it is the thought that counts, but the single, well-considered thought can be worth a thousand cast in haste, reflects Columban Father Jim Mulroney..

Sr Mary-Clare Holland OP has seen great change in her 50 years as a Dominican Sister, but as she looks back at those years, she says it is the people she’s met along the way who have enriched her life.

A Catholic organisation fighting modern slavery and human trafficking has welcomed ground-breaking statements by major Australian supermarkets shining a light on a dark side of fruit and vegetable production, The Catholic Leader reports.

The Benedictine New Norcia Parish in Western Australia marked the National Day of Sorrow and Promise with the blessing of the newly installed ‘Rock of Remembrance’ – an interactive memorial in honour of those who experienced any form of neglect or abuse.