The Vatican has marked the Feast of St Francis of Assisi with the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change, on the same day two UN climate change accords entered into force for the Holy See, reports Catholic News Agency.

The teaching and practice of interreligious relations must be handed on to the next generation, writes Columban priest, Fr Patrick McInerney. They are the ones who will embed it in society, and they are the ones who will carry it into the future. That is why I am always happy to assist those who work with school children, teachers and catechists, who then pass on the teaching in the classroom.

Managing to keep the faith during a traumatic event that changed the course of his family was no easy task but the experience resulted in many ‘gifts’, Jesuit priest Father Richard Leonard SJ told a gathering in Adelaide this month, reports The Southern Cross.

Jesuit Refugee Servcie Australia has called on the Australian government to move with urgency in issuing Special Humanitarian Visas to applicants from Afghanistan, transitioning TPV and SHEV visa holders from Afghanistan to permanency, and establishing expedited pathways for reunification with their families.

Founded by a soon-to-be canonised bishop, the Scalabrinian missionary society is celebrating a major milestone serving those who crossed the world to build a new life in Australia, reports The Catholic Weekly.