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Solidarity Awards celebrate campaign to reduce global poverty
The 2024 Palms Solidarity Awards saw Catholic and inter-cultural community groups celebrate the individuals and organisations working towards reducing global poverty. Source: Palms Australia.
How to ‘adopt’ a Synod on Synodality member
Prayer groups are sponsoring an online platform through which you can “adopt” a Synod on Synodality member to pray for during this month. Source: CNA.
Pope and Zelenskyy discuss repatriation of Ukrainian captives
Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have met for the third time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, focusing their discussion on the repatriation of Ukrainian nationals held in Russian captivity. Source: NCR Online.
Cardinal issues warning as British MPs prepare to debate euthanasia bill
The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has warned people to “be careful what you wish for” as British MPs prepare to debate a new bill to allow assisted suicide. Source: The Tablet.
All Catholics must play bigger role in spreading the Gospel, Synod told
The Pope, bishops and priests cannot fully awaken the missionary spirit of the Catholic Church alone, so all Catholics must play a more central role in spreading the Gospel, according to participants in the Synod on Synodality. Source: OSV News.
Poverty the issue missing from federal election agenda
There is one topic that will get very little attention in the upcoming federal election – poverty, writes Joe Zabar. Source: Eureka Street.
No penalty for underage teens using social media after age ban
Underage users who defy the Albanese Government’s pending social media age restriction will not be penalised, while platforms that can prove they are at low risk of harming children may be exempted. Source: The Australian.
ACT Liberals vow no change on VAD as Labor promises more palliative care
The Canberra Liberals say they would not change the forthcoming euthanasia scheme despite unsuccessfully pushing for amendments before the laws passed and the majority of their members voting against it. Source: Canberra Times.
Can a 19th century theory explain ‘The Francis Effect’?
One of the most studied essays on Christian doctrine could provide an answer to the controversies surrounding Pope Francis’ leadership, according to one of the world’s leading experts on St John Henry Newman. Source: ACU.