The 1500-year-old Rule of Benedict offers insights that can not only offset the overwhelming busyness of modern life and help people reclaim their scattered attention but can also guide the Church in its approach to synodality, says well-known monk, author and speaker Abbot Christopher Jamison OSB, reports The Good Oil.

Forty years after the Missionaries of God’s Love began in Canberra, the community has chosen the man who will lead it into its next chapter, reports Catholic Voice.

Erin Longbottom, National Director of Homelessness at St Vincent’s Health Australia, has won the Unsung Hero Award at the Committee for Sydney’s 2026 Sydney Awards, recognising her clinical work and advocacy for people experiencing homelessness, particularly those sleeping rough, reports CHA Health Matters.

A former papal adviser on artificial intelligence ethics, Franciscan friar Fr Paolo Benanti, has cautioned that AI-generated material risks becoming a form of ‘ultra-processed’ knowledge—marketable but lacking genuine educational value, reports Melbourne Catholic.

The Australian Women’s Canon Law Scholarship is a collaborative initiative being developed by a group of women religious congregations in Australia, reports the Mary MacKillop News.