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Pressure mounts on Labor to ban gambling ads
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
Labor and Coalition MPs have thrown their support behind a blanket ban on gambling advertising in a bid to curb the social and economic damage from heavy losses. Source: The Age.
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Faith leaders welcome further delay to parliamentary debate on ‘Equality Bill’
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
Opponents of independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s “Equality Bill” have welcomed a further delay to debate but say they will continue to push hard to have it rejected altogether from the New South Wales Parliament. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
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Desperate Benedictine Sisters launch appeal to save abbey
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
The Benedictine Sisters of Jamberoo Abbey on the south coast of New South Wales are in desperate need of help to maintain and restore their property. Source: The Catholic Leader.
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Building the future of healthcare at St Vincent’s
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
Melbourne’s new medical research centre is one step closer to making life-saving scientific discoveries for generations to come, and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is playing a leading role. Source: Catholic Health Australia.
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Laundry cleans the way for vulnerable Tasmanians
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
After more than 130 years dedicated to providing meaningful employment opportunities to people of all abilities, backgrounds, and cultures through commercial laundry services across Tasmania, Blueline Laundry has expanded into commercial cleaning. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
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Exploring the multicultural heritage of early Christianity
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
“Shepherd at the Crossroads: Converging Traditions in Early Christianity” is the theme of a symposium to be held at Campion College in western Sydney next month.
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Vatican urges Iran to avoid escalating Middle East conflict
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
As the world braces for Iran to retaliate for the assassination of a Hamas leader who was staying in the Iranian capital, the Vatican Secretary of State has pleaded with the country’s new president not to escalate the Middle East conflict. Source: OSV News.
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God will judge people on how well they cared for the poor: Pope
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
God will not judge people by how many university degrees they earned, but by how well they cared for the poor, Pope Francis told a group of priests and religious women yesterday. Source: NCR Online.
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Catholic activist’s appeal rejected by Hong Kong’s top court
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 13 August 2024
Hong Kong’s top court has rejected an appeal by Jimmy Lai, the Catholic activist and newspaper publisher, and six pro-democracy advocates for a conviction of staging an unauthorised assembly amid street protests in 2019. Source: UCA News.