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Formation Religious

CRA develops resource to guide formation of religious for ministry

Catholic Religious Australia has launched a new edition of a national resource to support religious institutes in developing their formation practices and processes. 

Places of worship Security

Labor spending $50 million to keep faith-based places safe

Labor has rolled out its promised $50 million in funding to improve security at religious schools and sites of worship, in the wake of the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. Source: The Australian.

Health

Severe financial pressure forcing private hospitals to close maternity wards

Catholic Health Australia says many maternity services are under pressure as St John of God Bendigo Hospital considers closing its ward. Source: ABC News.

First Nations Safeguarding

Picturing the Church’s commitment to creating safe spaces

A new Indigenous artwork that tells the story of Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd and its commitment to creating safe spaces for everyone has been unveiled by ACSL.

Charity Poverty

Vinnies urges Government and all MPs tackle poverty

This year’s Anti-Poverty Week is shining a light on the children of families who receive inadequate social security payments and depend on emergency support from charities, the St Vincent de Paul Society says.

Disability Politics

Greens make progress in push to end deportation of migrants with a disability

A push by the Greens to stop the federal Government from being able to deport migrant families if a child is born with disability has progressed, after a deal was struck with Immigration Minister Andrew Giles. Source: SBS News.

Marriage United Kingdom

Bishop claims marriage ‘disappearing’ in Britain

An English Catholic bishop says the shrinking number of marriages in Britain is causing negative social consequences, the implications of which are only beginning to be worked out, not least for the wellbeing of children. Source: Crux.

Synod

Synod members urge patience as process unfolds

Broken Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo says synodality is “not something that is born in a vacuum” but is how Catholics “live our faith and how we proclaim the Gospel in every single moment of our day”. Source: CNS.

Politics Public LIfe

‘Sympathetic outsider’ says Church can be country’s great intermediary

Liberal MP Julian Leeser has urged Australia’s Catholics to be a stronger voice in public life and not underestimate their influence for good. Source: The Catholic Weekly.