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Caritas expresses gratitude in first ‘Thank You Day’
Long-term and first-time donors to Caritas Australia received personal phone calls, emails and handwritten cards from the charity’s staff this week for its first ever “Thank You Day”.
Daily examination of conscience helps to avoid repeating mistakes: Pope
Pope Francis has recommended a daily examination of conscience as an “indispensable” practice in spiritual life. Source: CNA.
Prefect of Vatican economy office steps down, citing illness
Three years after Pope Francis appointed him to speed up financial reforms, transparency and budget controls at the Vatican, Fr Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves SJ has resigned for health reasons. Source: NCR Online.
Synod process has faced ‘temptations’ along the way
While some want Church “reform” and others want “to put the brakes on the Synod process”, those involved in preparing the next phase of the Synod on Synodality want to “mend” the Church, said a top cardinal. Source: NCR Online.
Catholic organisations call on Government to beef up modern slavery law
Catholic organisations have called for laws to be strengthened in submissions to a Commonwealth review into the operation of the Modern Slavery Act.
Report on revamped Closing the Gap ‘a story of mixed progress’
The Albanese Government has published details about how it is working with states, territories and First Nations organisations to reduce Aboriginal disadvantage in key areas. Source: The Australian.
Australia’s rental crisis laid bare in damning report
Housing stress is on the rise in Australia, as tenants grapple with “unsustainable” rent increases that are outpacing wages. Source: The Guardian.
Modelling predicts 400 euthanasia deaths in Queensland in 2023
About 400 terminally ill adults are expected to use Queensland’s euthanasia laws to legally end their lives during the first 12 months of the new laws coming into effect. Source: ABC News.
Film adaptation of Parable of the Sower reaps rousing result
Loud and sustained applause followed the Brisbane premiere screening of The Midnight Sower, a modern-day film adaptation of the Parable of the Sower found in the Gospels. Source: The Catholic Leader.