‘Stop being racist’: Row erupts in parliament over Dutton’s stance on Gaza visas
A fiery racism row erupted in Parliament after independent MP Zali Steggall told Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to “stop being racist” and dividing the country by accusing Labor of making the country...
View ArticleExcellent results for Sydney Archdiocese in safeguarding audit report
Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd has today published a safeguarding audit report for the Archdiocese of Sydney.
View ArticleLabor’s aged care visa scheme fails as only 418 granted in first year
Fewer than 500 visas have been granted in the first year of a Labor scheme designed to fast-track foreign workers into the aged care sector, prompting calls for the Government to review the program’s...
View ArticleDioceses of Western Australia apologise to abuse victims and survivors
The Catholic dioceses of Western Australia – Perth, Bunbury, Geraldton and Broome – yesterday issued a joint statement, acknowledging the release of a state parliamentary committee report on support...
View ArticleNew Bishop of Cairns ordained
Cairns Diocese has a new bishop, with the ordination of Bishop Joe Caddy in a ceremony at St Monica’s Cathedral, Cairns, last night on the Feast of the Assumption.
View ArticlePriest in Ireland survives stabbing by teenage boy
A priest was stabbed outside an army barracks in Galway, in an attack that has rocked the traditionally Catholic nation. Source: Crux.
View ArticlePope Francis reflects on ‘the miracle of the Eucharist’
The Eucharist is a miracle in which Jesus nourishes us with his life and satisfies the hunger in our heart, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNA.
View ArticleNew Zealand safeguarding report offer blueprint for improvement
An independent assessment of Catholic safeguarding protocols and procedures in New Zealand has identified significant progress in many areas, while also highlighting where more work is needed. Source:...
View ArticleCanberra-Goulburn announces Jubilee pilgrimage churches
Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese has named the four churches designated as pilgrimage churches in the archdiocese during the Church’s upcoming Jubilee Year. Source: Catholic Voice.
View ArticleCatholic Care supports young mothers against homelessness
A Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains initiative is supporting young pregnant women and mothers who urgently need a place to stay with their children. Source: Catholic Outlook.
View ArticleFears aged care reforms will be sidelined until after federal election
The aged care sector and MPs have grown increasingly frustrated over secrecy and delays shrouding reforms that are hoped to transform how people are cared for at the end of their lives. Source:...
View ArticleYouth justice backflip will see ‘more kids reoffending more often’
The Victorian Government’s reversal of its commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 by 2027 is a deeply troubling culmination of harmful rhetoric and disregard for evidence, says...
View ArticleGovernment’s response to disability royal commission ‘lacklustre’
Disability advocates can be forgiven for being underwhelmed by the Albanese Government’s response to the Disability Royal Commission, writes Fr Justin Glyn SJ. Source: Eureka Street.
View ArticleWho is poor in Australia? Calls for a national poverty line
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ national wellbeing framework risks missing a golden opportunity to understand which Australians are living in poverty, says a community service organisation. Source: The...
View ArticlePope says Catholics should ‘collectively call for the abolition of the death...
Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope Francis has written in the preface to a new book on prison...
View ArticleCongress will be ‘like returning to the essence of our faith’
With less than a month to go until the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, the event’s secretary-general said it will be an opportunity to “put the Eucharistic Christ at the...
View ArticlePope discusses climate change with Amazon chief
Pope Francis met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, at the Vatican to discuss climate change. Source: OSV News.
View ArticleConference to reflect on the mission of a Catholic university
Australian Catholic University will welcome more than 200 Catholic higher education leaders and students from institutions across Asia and Australia for the 30th Association of Southeast and East Asian...
View ArticleParents urged to make voices heard at NSW pornography inquiry
Parents are being urged to make their voices heard at a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the damaging effects of pornography on the mental, emotional and physical health of children and young...
View ArticleCaritas Australia condemns historic humanitarian death toll
Caritas Australia has condemned the historic humanitarian death toll revealed by the United Nations this week, saying that aid workers in conflict zones should be protected.
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