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Red letter day as stolen poppy tapestry replaced ‘just in time’
Gail O’Brien of the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse says support from the Hunters Hill parish and Catholic schools was “very special” after parishioners replaced a stolen artwork featuring red poppies just in time for Remembrance Day. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
New Zealand PM apologises to survivors of abuse who were in care
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care. Source: SBS News.
Pope moves part of Vatican library to Rome seminary
Pope Francis has called for the expansion of the Vatican library and archives to a building outside Vatican City to make more “available this precious patrimony”. Source: CNA.
Judge blocks Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law
Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional, a United States federal judge ruled this week. Source: OSV News.
Faith leaders unite against gambling ads
Catholic agencies have supported the Victorian Council of Churches in urging the Albanese Government to give parliamentarians a conscience vote on a complete ban on gambling advertising in Australia. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Greens pledge $1 billion to expand public hospital abortion services
The Greens have pledged $1 billion over a decade so that all public hospitals can provide abortion services, in a policy move designed to pressure Labor to commit to universal “reproductive health services”. Source: The Australian.
Archdiocesan Assembly report finds ‘mission is active evangelisation’
A synthesis report summarising findings from the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocesan Assembly has been published. Source: Catholic Voice.
Female educators applying for leadership roles face gender bias and discrimination
Female educators applying for leadership roles at Australian schools are more likely to encounter personal, social and systematic obstacles than their male peers, new research by Australian Catholic University has found. Source: Herald Sun.
Cooking up a more inclusive, welcoming and generous society
More than 200 people are expected to attend the fourth annual Parramatta Street Feast today – a call to share a meal with those battling life on the lonely fringe of society. Source: Parramatta Diocese.