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School attendance may never bounce back: Catholic education chief
Catholic Schools NSW chief Dallas McInerney says there is a risk attendance levels will never return to normal, calling for an inquiry into the long-term consequences of shutting down schools during the pandemic. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Bishop Holohan shares insights into life as a bishop
Trauma from constantly being told “the horrors” of sexual assaults has caused Bunbury Bishop Gerard Holohan to call it a day after 22 years in the job. Source: South Western Times.
Faith leaders back mooted changes to NSW anti-discrimination laws
Faith leaders have welcomed proposed changes to New South Wales’ anti-discrimination laws to outlaw vilification on religious grounds, as part of efforts to address religious freedom in the state. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Vatican’s new doctrinal chief says blessings for gay couples must be analysed
Pope Francis’ choice to lead the Vatican’s influential doctrinal office says that questions surrounding blessings for gay couples must be further studied. Source: NCR Online.
‘Our Aboriginal spirituality comes together in the Mass and it’s very meaningful’
Recent celebrations in the Kimberley in Western Australia have shown that the Catholic faith and Indigenous culture in the region are alive and thriving. Source: Broome Diocese.
Labor rejects call to make public hospitals perform abortions
The Albanese Government won’t force state hospitals to perform surgical abortions, formally ruling out a policy it took to the 2019 election. Source: The Age.
Vatican offers plenary indulgence for Grandparents’ Day
The Vatican will again offer a plenary indulgence to mark the third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 23. Source: CNA.
Suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region ‘beyond human imagination’
Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of Adigrat stressed that a two-year war in Ethiopia that ended in November 2022 forced many to depend solely on humanitarian assistance. Source: OSV News.
Spirituality meets Christian doctrine in ambitious, visually lustrous fable
The New Boy tells the story of a young Indigenous orphan who is educated in a remote religious institution in outback Australia under the watchful gaze of a renegade Catholic nun. Source: Australian Catholics.