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Appointment Education In The Dioceses

New appointments for ‘passionate’ advocates of Catholic education

Catholic Education Western Australia executive director Debra Sayce will step down from the role at the end of 2023 to take up a new position in the Perth Archdiocese, the bishops of Western Australia have announced.

Charity Middle East

Caritas offers support in Gaza but ‘supplies are running out’

Caritas Australia’s partner agencies in Gaza have supported more than 9000 households with essential supplies and psychological first aid since the outbreak of war in the region last month.

Legal Matters Refugees

High Court rules indefinite detention unlawful

Indefinite immigration detention is unlawful, the High Court has held, in a landmark decision overturning a 20-year-old precedent. Source: The Guardian.

Health

Life expectancy in Australia drops for the first time in 30 years

Life expectancy went backwards in Australia for the first time in three decades during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: SBS News.

Pope Francis

Pope’s autobiography to be published in 2024

Pope Francis will publish an autobiography next year in which he recounts memories of historical events from the outbreak of World War II to the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11. Source: National Catholic Register.

Gender Sacraments Vatican

Vatican says trans people can be baptised, witness marriages

The Vatican’s doctrine office has said an adult who identifies as transgender can receive the sacrament of Baptism under the same conditions as any adult, as long as there is no risk of causing scandal or confusion to other Catholics. Source: CNA.

South East Asia

Korean Catholics run marathon to protect ‘Sunrise Cathedral’

A group of Catholics in South Korea, led by their parish priest, have run a marathon to oppose the construction of high-rise buildings that threaten a historically significant church in Chuncheon Diocese. Source: UCA News.

Bishops Vatican

Call for Church to be welcoming, healing and hopeful

A senior Vatican official who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia has told the country’s bishops that the Church is being called to be welcoming, healing and hopeful in a world challenged by war and unrest. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

Education

Government program ‘will skew recruitment of teachers to public schools’

The National Catholic Education Commission has called on the Commonwealth Government to review its new teaching bursaries program, which is currently targeted solely at the government school sector.