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Dutton gives $40 per fortnight JobSeeker increase green light
More than one million Australians on welfare payments will receive an extra $40 per fortnight from late September after the Coalition agreed to back the Albanese Government’s $4.9 billion Budget package. Source: The Australian.
Call to vocation ‘easiest decision I’ve ever had to make’
After a journey spanning five years and two continents, former credit analyst James Thomson was ordained to the priesthood at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide on May 27. Source: The Southern Cross.
Red Bench to start conversations on domestic violence
Brisbane’s St Stephen’s Cathedral precinct is home to the city’s first Red Bench – a place to sit and have a conversation about domestic violence. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Marist educators reflect on ‘Leadership in a Synodal Church’
Assistant principals from Marist Schools Australia gathered in Mittagong, New South Wales, last week for their annual conference, reflecting on “Leadership in a Synodal Church”.
Philippines bishops admit ‘failure’ in addressing alleged Marian apparition
The head of the Catholic bishops’ forum in the Philippines has admitted the bishops’ failure in addressing contradictory views about an alleged Marian apparition the Vatican in 1951 declared not to be supernatural, which recently led to the arrest of a priest. Source: UCA News.
More than 28,000 abortions in Ireland since 2019
Five years after Irish voters rejected the constitutional amendment that protected “the right to life of the unborn”, more than 28,800 abortions have occurred in Ireland since the referendum came into effect. Source: CNA.
Catholic insurer folds, but abuse payouts to stand
Catholic Church Insurance will wind down after failing to receive another financial lifeline amid large numbers of historical sexual abuse and other claims. Source: The Australian.
Final preparations begin for ordination of eparchy’s second bishop
The Syro-Malabar Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle in Melbourne has commenced the final preparations for tomorrow’s episcopal ordination of Fr John Panamthottathil CMI.
Moderate fee Catholic schools face big hit from payroll tax
Catholic Education Commission of Victoria executive director Jim Miles said the Victorian Government payroll tax on non-government schools will rip up to $1 million from the operating budgets of moderate fee schools.