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Women ‘must be included’ in formation of priests
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 November 2022
One of the Church’s leading experts on safeguarding and clerical sexual abuse says the exclusion of women from seminary formation has had “extremely harmful consequences” and this “needs to change”. Source: Crux.
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Partnership aims to turn good intentions into action
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 November 2022
Catholic Religious Australia has partnered with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council to launch a new training program to help increase understanding of Australia’s First Peoples.
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Vinnies launches Victoria flood appeal
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 November 2022
As the rains came down, rivers swelled and floods began to affect Victorian communities in recent weeks, the St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria was contacted by people wanting to help. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
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Pope appeals to Bahrain to strengthen human rights
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 November 2022
Pope Francis began a four-day visit to Bahrain yesterday by appealing to the country to strengthen its commitment to human rights through the abolition of the death penalty and ending religious discrimination. Source: NCR Online.
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Interfaith event opens the door to ‘our common home’
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 November 2022
The idea that people of faith have a shared responsibility to protect “our common home” was the theme of this year’s Abraham Day event hosted by the University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle. Source: The eRecord.
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Marvel elements diminish effect of remarkable story
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 November 2022
The Woman King tells the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the West African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s. Source: Jesuit Media.
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Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAE
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 November 2022
A Christian monastery, possibly dating to the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula, has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, officials announced yesterday. Source: Crux.
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WA religious ministers must report abuse
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 2 November 2022
Ministers of religion in Western Australia are now legally required to report child sexual abuse, including information from confessions. Source: AAP.
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Real change takes time, which the extended Synod gives us
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 2 November 2022
When Pope Francis decided to extend the Synod on Synodality into 2024, I was pleased and a little relieved, writes Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge. Source: NCR Online.