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Emmanuel Community celebrates 50 years at anniversary Mass
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge thanked the Emmanuel Community for being a “living sign” of the Holy Spirit for 50 years at a Thanksgiving Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral last Saturday. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope gives Sr Petrini two assistants to help run Vatican City
Pope Francis has changed the office governing Vatican City State’s statutes to give the new president two top-level assistants. Source: CNS.
Catholic Church in US losing more believers than other religions
Catholics are seeing the greatest net losses of believers compared to other religions in the United States, a new survey by Pew Research Centre shows. Source: OSV News.
Coptic martyrs memorialised in short but powerful animation
“The 21” is an animated short film commemorating the lives of the 21 Coptic Christian men who were martyred in Libya in 2015. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Pope names new Bishop of Armidale
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment by Pope Francis last night of a new Bishop of Armidale. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Tests show Pope’s ‘further slight improvement’
Pope Francis has shown “further slight improvement” in his battle with double pneumonia and earlier concerns over possible kidney failure have been resolved. Source: NCR Online.
Providing patients with lethal chemicals to end their life is not health care
The Victorian Government’s announcement of reforms to euthanasia and assisted suicide laws is deeply distressing, with the protection and care of vulnerable and dying people further marginalised, writes Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
House of correction becomes house of education
A partnership between Sydney’s Parklea Correctional Centre and Australian Catholic University has ignited a thirst for learning in inmates who are discovering new possibilities for their lives outside prison.
St John of God opens trauma service in Victoria
With an unprecedented demand for mental health care across the country, St John of God Health Care has opened a specialised psychological trauma recovery unit for emergency services workers and defence force personnel in Victoria.