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Catholic health sector ‘strengthened’ by appointment of new director
Catholic Health Australia says the appointment of Katharine Bassett as its new director of health policy is a “further strengthening of its advocacy work for a fairer, more equitable health system”.
Pope appoints new head of UK Ordinariate
Pope Francis has appointed Fr David Waller as the next Ordinary and the first Bishop Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom. Source: Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales.
Like Venice, people are beautiful and fragile at the same time: Pope
Pope Francis went to Venice for a brief, but intense visit with women prisoners, artists, young people and thousands of faithful from this northern Italian region bordering the Adriatic Sea. Source: CNS.
Chinese Christian jailed for ‘illegally’ selling bibles
A court in China’s Inner Mongolia province has sentenced a Christian to five years imprisonment for alleged illegal sales of bibles on behalf of a house church not affiliated with a state-run body. Source: UCA News.
Bishop Ingham ‘a man of deep faith, rich in human qualities’
Former Wollongong Bishop Peter Ingham, “a spiritual father of the Illawarra, Macarthur, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands”, died on April 26, aged 83. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Government urged to reform employment services in Budget
Catholic Social Services Australia is among 23 organisations that have signed a letter calling for the Albanese Government to “commit to wholesale reform of employment services”. Source: AAP.
Pope asks Catholics to prepare for Synod’s ‘prophetic’ stage
The most important outcome of the current Synod of Bishops on Synodality, Pope Francis says, is the synodal process itself and not the hot-button topics discussed. Source: CNS.
Albanese says domestic violence ‘a problem of our entire society’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told attendees at a march against domestic violence his government “must do better”, adding violence is “a problem of our entire society” and it requires men to change their behaviour. Source: ABC News.
Bishop Tarabay brings together Christians and Muslims
Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay has stressed the responsibility of religious leaders to “work together to keep building peace and security” during a time of anxiety and conflict in the world and close to home. Source: The Catholic Weekly.