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Maronite Patriarch’s visit turns stadium into cathedral for Golden Jubilee
Ken Rosewall Arena at Sydney Olympic Park was transformed into a cathedral filled with people of every age and state in life for a Mass to mark 50 years of the Maronite Eparchy in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
A win for pensioners and welfare recipients
Pensioners and people on welfare will be able to work more before having their benefits cut under a shake-up of Labor’s jobs policies. Source: The Australian.
Queensland man took euthanasia substance prescribed for his wife
The death of an elderly man who took a voluntary euthanasia substance prescribed for his terminally-ill wife is being investigated by Queensland health authorities. Source: ABC News.
Catholic college band wins national people’s choice award
M22, a Christian music band from a Melbourne Catholic school, has taken out the Christian Media & Arts Australia Artist of the Year – People’s Choice Award. Source: MACS.
Parishioners in Ireland to preside at funerals
Church leaders in Ireland are hopeful that more parishioners will step up and preside at funerals to ease the burden on overworked priests, with two dioceses already commissioning laypeople to take charge where there is no priest. Source: Irish Catholic.
Archbishop Pizzaballa will be first resident cardinal in Jerusalem
Cardinal-designate Pierbattista Pizzaballa says his elevation to the rank of cardinal means the Mother Church of Jerusalem has acquired a voice in the life of the Church. Source: OSV News.
Isle of Man to get its first Catholic cathedral
The Isle of Man, a small British Crown Dependency located between Ireland and Great Britain, will receive a Catholic cathedral for the first time in the predominantly Anglican island’s history. Source: Crux.
Bishops say issues surrounding Voice are ‘moral, political and ethical’
Australia’s Catholic bishops say the issues surrounding the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice “are not just political”, but are also “moral and ethical”, in a statement ahead of next month’s referendum. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Pope condemns euthanasia, abortion as actions that ‘play with life’
Pope Francis has condemned euthanasia and abortion as actions that “play with life” and said there is such a thing as “bad compassion”. Source: CNA.