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Chalmers urges Opposition to back controversial tax cuts to ease cost of living
Legislation to change the controversial stage 3 cuts will be introduced into Parliament next week, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers insisting the tax cuts were designed to ease the cost of living. Source: The Age.
Catholics encouraged to become informed on ACT euthanasia debate
Canberra-Goulburn Archbishop Christopher Prowse has encouraged Catholics to become more informed on the euthanasia debate occurring in the ACT. Source: Catholic Voice.
Pope invites all pray for terminally ill and their families
Pope Francis has released his prayer intention for February, inviting people to pray for the terminally ill and their families. Source: Vatican News.
Edmund Rice appoints inaugural director of First Nations education
Edmund Rice Education Australia Flexible Schools, the largest national network of alternative schools in Australia, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Elizabeth Kupsch as its inaugural director of First Nations education.
‘Great Women of Faith’ coming to Australia
An international exhibition featuring “Great Women of Faith” depicted in a pop art-style is coming to Melbourne in March. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Emmanuel City Mission sees surge in demand
More people are seeing their budgets slip into the red with rises in rent, fuel and power bills, and the staff at Brisbane’s Emmanuel City Mission are seeing more newcomers through their door. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Catholics need better liturgical formation, says Vatican official
Catholics need to know what their words and gestures at Mass signify and evoke, a liturgical expert says. Source: OSV News.
UK studies claim religion may have helped during COVID-19
Religious people may have coped better during the coronavirus pandemic than those without a spiritual faith, researchers from the United Kingdom have claimed. Source: BBC News.
Pope extends policy of detente with China
Several significant developments for the Catholic Church in China have occurred this week, including a bishop’s appointment and the establishment of a new diocese on the mainland for the first time since Mao’s Communist revolution. Source: Crux.