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Senate vote triggers Voice referendum within six months
Australians will vote on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament within the next six months, after the bill to trigger the referendum passed the Senate 52 votes to 19. Source: SBS News.
Euthanasia has become ‘just another way to die’ in Canada
The statistics for medically assisted deaths in Canada suggest that euthanasia has become “just another way to die”, according to leading Australian bioethicist Margaret Somerville. Source: The Southern Cross.
Canberra Catholic schools reap benefits of literacy program
The overhaul of the literacy approach used in Catholic schools in Canberra has led to a marked improvement in the reading skills of year 3 students, according to new analysis. Source: ABC News.
One in four aged care nurses won’t get 15 per cent pay rise
Labor has been directed to fund only 11.5 per cent of its 15 per cent pay rise for nurses in aged care, as the Federal Government’s independent pricing adviser excluded one in four nurses in its calculation for the Fair Work wage boost. Source: The Australian.
Hunter community invited to liturgies for those affected by bus crash
The Maitland-Newcastle Diocese will today hold the first of two liturgies to offer prayer and support for all those affected by the fatal Hunter Valley bus accident, with Bishop Michael Kennedy inviting all members of the community to attend.
‘We are the Church together’: new Archbishop of Wellington installed
Archbishop Paul Martin SM was installed as Archbishop of Wellington on Saturday at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral in New Zealand’s capital, saying it was “a blessed bonus” that the installation coincided with the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Source: NZCBC.
Pope expresses ‘shame and dismay’ over abuse of minors in Bolivia
Pope Francis has sent a letter to the president of Bolivia expressing “feelings of shame and dismay” and a firm promise to work with the government of the South American country to end clerical sexual abuse of minors. Source: CNA.
Donors give record-breaking $220m to support persecuted Christians
Aid to the Church in Need, the Pontifical Foundation which supports persecuted Christians around the world, broke another record in 2022, topping A$220 million in donations received, with war-torn Ukraine receiving the largest single allocation of aid.
Francis celebrates ‘brilliant’ mathematician and philosopher
Pope Francis has marked the 400th birthday of 17th-century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal by publishing an apostolic letter praising him as “a tireless seeker of truth”. Source: Vatican News.