Labor says the aged care sector needs more funding and a “culture change” if it is to be improved for the long term. Source: News.com.au.
Reaching young people in the digital age
18-Oct-2018
Digital media and the Church have this week emerged as a theme in talks dedicated to accompaniment at the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment. Source: CNS.
Move Vatican II forward, Francis tells Jesuits
18-Oct-2018
Speaking to his brother Jesuits in Lithuania last month, Pope Francis solicited their support in moving forward the work of the Vatican II. Source: Crux.
We must stop hating: Pope
18-Oct-2018
If a person is angry or has hate toward another person, it is like they have killed him or her in their heart, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNA.
Queensland Parliament votes to legalise abortion
18-Oct-2018
Abortion will no longer be a crime in Queensland, after state MPs voted last night to remove it from the criminal code. Source: Brisbane Times.
Faith leaders and MPs celebrate shared values
18-Oct-2018
Faith leaders and parliamentarians came together yesterday for Australian Catholic University's annual Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast at Parliament House in Sydney. Source: ACU.
Prison Sunday to focus on youth justice
18-Oct-2018
Inspired by the Church's Year of Youth in Australia, the focus of Prison Sunday on November 11 will be youth justice and juvenile detention. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Highland chief takes high road to Parramatta
18-Oct-2018
Parramatta priest Fr Peter Lamont is the 29th hereditary Chief of Clan Lamont, a Scottish Highland clan. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Drought-affected parishes hit by wild storms
18-Oct-2018
“Just awful” was the way Fr Chukwudi Chinaka described the scene as he drove around his country Queensland parish inspecting the damage left by wild storms last week. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Momentum is building as the Church reaches the midway point of the Open Listening and Dialogue phase of the preparations for the Plenary Council in 2020. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Morrison considers New Zealand’s refugee offer
17-Oct-2018
Prime Minister Scott Morrison may take up New Zealand's long-standing offer to accept 150 asylum-seekers from Nauru and Manus Island on the condition the Parliament bans any of those people ever coming to Australia. Source: Canberra Times.
Lack of progress fighting hunger shameful: Pope
17-Oct-2018
At a time of technological and scientific progress, “we ought to feel shame” for not having advanced in “humanity and solidarity” enough to feed the world’s poor, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Call to make St Oscar ‘doctor of the Church’
17-Oct-2018
Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador has asked Pope Francis to proclaim St Oscar Romero the Church’s first Latin American “doctor of the Church”. Source: Crux.
The Russian Orthodox Church has severed ties with the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community after his decision to grant Ukrainian clerics independence from the Moscow patriarchate. Source: Catholic Herald.
Study reveals dangers of being in the 'man box'
17-Oct-2018
A new Jesuit Social Services study has revealed the damage caused when males feel pressure to act in a certain way, including suicidal thoughts and violence. Source: The Age.
Flying Doctors raise alarm over rural health
17-Oct-2018
There are grim health predictions for Australia’s ageing population a decade from now, particularly for people living in rural areas where health services are already lagging behind. Source: The Catholic Leader.
The Church needed to hear the struggles of a young man’s emotional conflict with gender transition and not “close the door” on him, Townsville Bishop Tim Harris has told a business breakfast. Source: Townsville Bulletin.
Abortion debate: 'Just think about killing Ted'
17-Oct-2018
Queensland LNP MP Ted Sorensen broke down in tears during debate on abortion reform in Queensland Parliament yesterday, as he said his own birth was the result of an unwanted pregnancy. Source: Brisbane Times.
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