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Parliament House summit brings together Church, providers and government
Catholic Social Services Australia convened its annual Parliamentary Advocacy Summit this week at Parliament House, Canberra, bringing together more than 50 social service sector representatives, faith leaders and parliamentarians to address critical challenges facing Australia.
Church does not tolerate antisemitism and fights against it: Pope
The Catholic Church does not tolerate antisemitism and fights against it, “on the basis of the Gospel itself”, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: Crux.
Labor looks to super funds to help fund huge growth in demand
Labor is moving to encourage superannuation funds to invest in the aged care sector to help fund huge growth in demand for services due to an ageing population. Source: The Australian.
Sister elected to key Benedictine role
Good Samaritan Sister Meg Kahler was elected president of the Benedictine Union of East Asia and Oceania during its biennial gathering in Vietnam earlier this month. Source: Sisters of the Good Samaritan.
Adelaide service fears it will be forced to turn people away
Adelaide’s Hutt St Centre fears it will reach capacity and might be forced to turn people away within the next three years if more social housing does not become available. Source: The Southern Cross.
Faith and culture unite in Goulburn’s Marian Procession
Faith, colour and culture filled the streets of Goulburn on Sunday as hundreds gathered for the annual Ecumenical, Multicultural Marian Procession Mass and Youth Rally – a highlight of the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocesan calendar. Source: Catholic Voice.
Pro-life rally demands end to sex-selective abortions in NSW
Pro-life supporters in Sydney turned out in force at New South Wales Parliament House to support a bill introduced by Libertarian MLC John Ruddick to ban sex-selective abortion in the state. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Church leaders plead for end to Sudan’s ‘forgotten war’
As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of “forgotten” civilians trapped in the western Sudanese city. Source: OSV News.
Archbishop Gänswein echoes warning on ‘dictatorship of relativism’
Twenty years after then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger warned of a “dictatorship of relativism” on the eve of his election as Pope Benedict XVI, his former secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, has echoed that warning. Source: CNA.