The leadership of the US-based Papal Foundation has called for a “a re-evaluation of its mission" after a disagreement over funding a $32 million grant request from the Vatican was leaked to the press. Source: Crux.
Welfare reform package passes parliament
27-Mar-2018
Sweeping welfare reforms that will block dole recipients who fail to meet job-seeking obligations from receiving their payments have passed parliament. Source: The Australian.
Pope Francis yesterday sent his prayers and condolences to victims of an alleged terrorist attack in southern France, and for those affected by a shopping mall fire in Russia which killed at least 64 people. Source: CNA.
Binge-watching? Press pause this Easter
27-Mar-2018
Could binge-watching television programs have a negative impact on our spiritual health, asks Natalie Acton. Source: The Good Oil.
New Zealand's Catholic and Anglican churches have written to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asking for religious institutions to be included in the country’s royal commission into abuse in state care. Source: NZ Herald.
Toasting the fruit of the vine
27-Mar-2018
The ceremonial sprinkling of holy water on the first load of grapes delivered to Sevenhill Cellars marked the start of the 2018 vintage at the Jesuit-owned winery in South Australia’s Clare Valley. Source: The Southern Cross.
New life for old uniforms
27-Mar-2018
Tasmanian school students have pulled together to recycle their old school uniforms and change the lives of a group of students overseas. Source: Archdiocese of Hobart.
Church leaders in Australia are ahead of those in the US when it comes to finding new ways of evangelising millennials, the co-author of a recent American study into disaffiliated Catholics has said. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Marchers seek justice for refugees
27-Mar-2018
Thousands of people rallied around the country on Sunday demanding the closure of Australia's detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru. Source: SBS News.
Special delivery for maternal health centre
26-Mar-2018
It wasn’t quite the delivery they are used to, but for Sr Mary Goretti and her small staff at St Luke Health Centre in Bujuni, Uganda, it was one that will save hundreds of lives. Source: Catholic Mission.
Catholics join US gun control rally
26-Mar-2018
Many Catholic groups joined hundreds of thousands of protesters in the March for Our Lives in Washington on Saturday to show solidarity with those working for gun control in the US. Source: America Magazine.
School funding could be linked to tax returns
26-Mar-2018
The federal government will consider using parents' tax returns to determine how much they can afford to pay to send their kids to Catholic and private schools. Source: The Courier Mail.
Youth call for a more transparent Church
26-Mar-2018
A Vatican-hosted conference of 300 young people has acknowledged that some in their generation want the Church to change its teachings on “polemical issues” such as same-sex marriage and contraception. Source: NCR.
Police officer in hostage swap was Catholic
26-Mar-2018
The police officer who died after taking the place of a hostage in France was a practising Catholic who had “experienced a genuine conversion”. Source: Catholic Herald.
The strength, determination and charity of the woman who could be Australia’s next saint serves as an inspiration for students at a Sydney school named in her honour. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Welfare groups condemn corporate tax cuts
26-Mar-2018
A coalition of prominent welfare groups has implored Senate crossbenchers to reject the Turnbull Government’s corporate tax cuts, saying the policy is “unconscionable” when millions live in poverty. Source: Canberra Times.
Australians concerned about religious freedom
26-Mar-2018
I initially thought the inquiry into religious freedom would not be of great concern to most Australians. How wrong I was: the review panel has received over 16,000 submissions, writes Fr David Holdcroft. Source: Eureka Street.
Jesus the target of ‘original spin’
26-Mar-2018
Jesus was the original target of “media spin”, Pope Francis said during his Palm Sunday homily yesterday. Source: Crux.
