Though absent from the COP-28 summit in Dubai due to ongoing concerns for his health, Pope Francis sent a message for the inauguration of the first-ever Faith Pavilion at a United Nations climate event, stressing the responsibility of religious leaders in caring for the planet, reports Crux.

To believe in the depth of what Christmas affirms requires graced courage, writes CRA President Fr Peter Jones OSA. In Christ, God fully took on our fragile human nature and has transformed us. A lot of what the world is facing at present seems to contradict belief in transformation and redemption. The present major conflicts seem to be the antithesis of the peace of the manger of Bethlehem as is represented in the cribs which speak to us in this season. 

A group of former principals and educational colleagues gathered recently for a special lunch to farewell Sr Brenda Kennedy from the Diocese of Parramatta, writes Sr Patty Andrew OSU in Catholic Outlook. 

Prominent Benedictine monk Abbot Christopher Jamison was in Sydney recently to explore some of the themes of his new book about grace and language, and how the two play a key role in public and private discourse today, reports The Good Oil.

Mercy Health has celebrated 100 years of service of the Sisters of Mercy in the local community of Young, NSW, through a month-long celebration this November.