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Aged Care Tasmania

‘Business as usual’ as Knights hand over custodianship of aged care provider

The custodianship of Tasmania’s largest aged care provider has been transferred from the Tasmanian Knights of the Southern Cross to the Hobart Archdiocese.

Refugees

Politicians warned against demonising asylum seekers during election campaign

A coalition of refugee and human rights organisations has written to the leaders of the major parties, urging them to avoid dog-whistling and sowing division throughout the federal election campaign. Source: ABC News.

Ukraine

Redemptorist priest says fight for Ukraine a fight for justice

A Ukrainian Redemptorist priest has offered a deeply personal and unfiltered perspective on his country’s war with Russia, the struggle for a just peace, and the moral responsibility of the global community. Source: Redemptorists of Oceania.

Diplomacy South East Asia

Indonesia looks to strengthen relationship with Vatican

Diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Indonesia have stressed humanity and peace, and Indonesia looks to strengthen the links further, says its ambassador to the Holy See. Source: UCA News.

Film Review

Bob Trevino likes it and so will you

In “Bob Trevino Likes It”, a lonely woman accidentally befriends a stranger online who shares the same name as her own self-centred father. Source: Australian Catholics.

Bishops Ordination

Conference welcomes new Bishop of Bunbury

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the ordination and installation of Bishop George Kolodziej SDS as the fifth Bishop of Bunbury. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

Pope Francis

Doctors report Pope’s continued improvement but no date for his release

Pope Francis no longer needs the “non-invasive mechanical ventilation” he has used most nights since experiencing a breathing “crisis” on February 28, his doctors reported overnight. Source: CNS.

Appointment Education

Bishops appoint head of new education peak body

Queensland’s bishops have appointed Madeline Brennan as the inaugural chair of Catholic Education Queensland, which will succeed the Queensland Catholic Education Commission next January. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Religious Orders

After 57 years, Sisters ‘letting go’ of community house

The Sisters of Saint Joseph have farewelled their large community house in New Town, Tasmania, after 57 years.