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Labor announces $14.4m for emergency food relief programs
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
The Albanese Government has announced $14.4 million for emergency food relief programs nationwide to respond to the growing cost of living crisis. Source: The Guardian.
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Church rejects Tasmanian bill on ‘conversion practices’
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
The Hobart Archdiocese has submitted a response to the Tasmanian Government’s draft legislation seeking to ban “conversion practices” in relation to same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria.
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Supporting Project Compassion a way ‘to proclaim the faith in our hearts’
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
Caritas Australia has launched its annual Lenten fundraising and awareness appeal, Project Compassion, this year with the theme “For All Future Generations”.
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Albanese commits to treaty and truth-telling but says it will take time
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his Government remains committed to truth-telling and treaty, but has cautioned Labor will take time to ensure the national response strikes the right balance. Source: The Age.
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Frontline homelessness services struggling to keep pace with demand
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
New data has revealed the extent of one state’s homelessness crisis as housing affordability continues to “plummet” across the nation. Source: News.com.au.
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School’s Health Hub program expanding at a healthy rate
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
A Toowoomba Catholic school is expanding a program that offers students industry-standard health training to meet the growing demand in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland. Source: Toowoomba Catholic Schools.
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New book helps people explore Pope’s teaching on belonging
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
A new book guides people through an eight-day Ignatian retreat, but also provides insights into the spirituality, theology and pastoral practices of Pope Francis, according to its author, papal biographer Austen Ivereigh. Source: CNS.
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Vatican cardinal prays for end of conflict in South Sudan
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
Facing the troubled waters of a conflict in South Sudan that’s left half the country’s children as refugees, a Vatican cardinal blessed a boat named for the country’s best-known Catholic saint, praying that it will leave “the storm of conflict, violence, hatred, and vengeance behind”. Source: Crux.
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Another Byzantine-era church in Türkiye to become mosque
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 14 February 2024
After serving as a museum for more than 79 years, the Turkish Government is proceeding with plans to make the Church of the Holy Saviour in Istanbul a mosque. Source: CNA.