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St Pat’s to boost social housing after receiving $7.5m grant
Homelessness support service St Patrick’s Community Support Centre has received a $7.5 million Western Australian Government grant to help build 28 social housing dwellings in Perth’s south metropolitan region. Source: The eRecord.
Dutton says Coalition would overturn right-to-disconnect legislation
Workers will soon have the right to ignore unreasonable calls and emails outside their rostered shifts, after the Albanese Government’s legislation cleared Parliament on Thursday. Source: The Guardian.
Stuck in the mud and loving it
Carrying a stretcher through a channel of mud and water can teach you a lot about your faith, says Toowoomba priest Fr Nathan Webb. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope canonises Argentina’s first female saint
St María Antonia de Paz Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, devoted herself to helping others experience God’s closeness and compassion, Pope Francis said after he declared the 18th-century consecrated laywoman a saint. Source: OSV News.
Catholic prayer app hopes to kick goal at Super Bowl
The Catholic prayer app Hallow announced that its first-ever NFL Super Bowl commercial will air in the United States during the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers today. Source: CNA.
Don’t reduce women’s role in Church to question of ministry: Pope
The importance of women in the Church cannot be “reduced” to the question of ministry, Pope Francis told members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments yesterday. Source: CNS.
Church refused leave to appeal Vic court ruling
The Melbourne Archdiocese has lost a major legal fight to block the parents, siblings, friends and families of abuse victims from suing for damages. Source: Herald Sun.
Care economy workers ‘the big winners’ in tax cuts overhaul
Workers in the care economy will significantly benefit from Labor’s redesigned stage three income tax cuts, with more than 97 per cent of aged and disability carers, childcare workers and nurses receiving a bigger tax cut than under the original plan. Source: The Australian.
Religious sister pleas for relief for Gaza
One of the last remaining religious sisters in the Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza has appealed “for peace, for respect and for human rights”. Source: The Tablet.