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Theology lecturer encourages Integral Ecology students to ‘unlearn’
Australian Catholic University theology lecturer Jacqui Remond has encouraged students of a new global online course on Integral Ecology to “have the audacity” to unlearn the ego-centric behaviours causing poly-crises in the world.
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Patience more than a value that helps one lead a good life: Pope
Contemplating Christ’s passion should inspire Christians to be more patient in the face of their own suffering and trials, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
CathNews is back on April 3
CathNews is taking an extended Easter break and will not be published on Good Friday, Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday.
City and outback voices to be heard at international meeting
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has named the two parish priests selected to attend a global gathering of 300 priests at the Vatican. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Catholics say discrimination reform backed by Greens ‘dangerous’
Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli and the National Catholic Education Commission have raised concerns about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plan to work with the Greens on religious discrimination laws. Source: Herald Sun.
Pope writes meditations for Via Crucis at Colosseum
For the first time in his 11-year papacy, Pope Francis has chosen to write his own meditations for the Good Friday Way of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum, the Vatican has announced. Source: CNS.
Greens accuse Labor of ‘race to the bottom’ over detainees bill
People who refuse to return to their birth country because they fear persecution will be jailed for up to five years if they do not cooperate with moves to deport them under Labor’s accelerated plans to head off a wave of legal challenges to immigration detention. Source: The Age.
Caritas releases sobering update from partners in Gaza
Caritas Australia has shared an update from its partners in Gaza, with workers and the people they are helping describing sobering stories from the war-torn region.