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Albanese pushed to make decision on religious discrimination bill
An unlikely alliance of faith groups, equality advocates, the Coalition and the Greens is demanding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese either intervene to save his religious discrimination bill or tell them the reforms are dead in this Parliament’s term. Source: The Australian.
Vatican to publish guiding document for Synod on Synodality meeting
The Vatican will next week publish the guiding document for discussions at the final assembly of the Church’s Synod on Synodality. Source: CNA.
Tech companies will not be forced to join $6.5m age assurance trial
Major tech platforms including Meta, TikTok and Snapchat will not be forced to be part of the Albanese Government’s $6.5 million age assurance trial, with the department relying on the “goodwill” of platforms to test the new technology. Source: Canberra Times.
Bringing Christ to the world ‘For Such a Time as This’
A quiet but determined spirit of renewal is taking root within the heart of the Church in Sydney, as it grapples with a post-COVID exodus of parishioners and a secular society that no longer prioritises worship. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Plans announced for major school construction projects
Brisbane Catholic Education has announced two significant construction projects valued at nearly $75 million, unveiling plans for a new private college at Flagstone in Logan and extensions to an existing school at Fitzgibbon. Source: The Courier-Mail.
Catholic aged care provider appoints new chair
Catholic aged care organisation Southern Cross Care (NSW and ACT) has appointed Mike Christensen as its new board chair.
Israel and Catholic leaders clash over ‘just war’ in Gaza
In the latest sign of tension between Israel and Catholic leaders over the Gaza conflict, the Israeli embassy to the Holy See has blasted a statement from Church leaders in the Holy Land denying that Israel’s offensive can be described as a “just war”. Source: Crux.
British public figures oppose ‘banishment’ of Latin Mass from parishes
A group of 48 British public figures has signed a letter published in The Times opposing further restrictions on the celebration of the Mass in the old rite. Source: The Tablet.
Mystery surrounds removal of icon from New Mexico mission
An Indigenous image of Jesus Christ by an acclaimed iconographer has been removed from a New Mexico church for unspecified reasons, days after the United States bishops approved a pastoral framework for Indigenous ministry. Source: OSV News.