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Campaign aims to explain a complex system in simple terms
Catholic Schools NSW has launched its Keep School Funding Fair campaign, which aims to provide voters with better information about school funding.
Vatican reiterates opposition to death penalty
Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher yesterday addressed three different Human Rights Council sessions focusing on the death penalty, global debt justice, and the broader challenges facing human rights. Source: Vatican News.
German bishops back ‘democratic centre’ to form new government
Germany’s Catholic bishops reacted quickly to the national election on Sunday, saying they hoped the “democratic centre” could soon form a government and deal with challenges from the far-right. Source: The Tablet.
‘I only kneel before God’, Myanmar priest tells gang before he’s murdered
Two women who witnessed the murder of Fr Donald Martin Ye Naing Win in Myanmar last week recounted how the priest “fearlessly confronted” the armed men who took his life. Source: CNA.
Though Pope remains in critical state there has been a slight improvement
Pope Francis remains in a critical state on his 11th day of hospitalisation, but the Vatican said his condition is slightly improving. Source: NCR Online.
Catholic Health calls for greater protections for people in financial hardship
Catholic Health Australia is calling for reforms in the next federal Budget to ensure people in financial hardship do not fall through the cracks and miss out on safe and quality care under the new Aged Care Act.
Catholic Mission hosts summit on challenges and hopes for the Church
Catholic Mission hosted Pontifical Mission Society national directors from across Asia and Oceania, who gathered in Sydney for a five-day intercontinental meeting.
Interfaith bonds strengthen amid rise in anti-Semitism
Canberra-Goulburn Archbishop Christopher Prowse has visited the ACT Jewish Centre to express the Catholic community’s solidarity with the Jewish community and to explore ways to foster interfaith collaboration. Source: Catholic Voice.
Greens claim it would take 100 years to resolve claims of asylum seekers on bridging visas
It would take 100 years for the Commonwealth Government to resolve the cases of the 7,000 asylum seekers living in Australia on bridging visas, Greens Senator David Shoebridge estimates. Source: The Guardian.