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WHO declares loneliness a ‘global public health concern’
The World Health Organisation has declared loneliness to be a pressing global health threat, with the US Surgeon General saying that its mortality effects are equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Source: The Guardian.
Survivor haunted by the memory of a helping hand
Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) offers a powerful meditation on trauma by telling the story of a woman trying to remember how she survived a terrorist attack in Paris. Source: Australian Catholics.
Faith-based education ‘a fundamental and important option for families’
Faith-based education remains a “fundamental and important option for families” as the future of schooling is transformed in New South Wales, Premier Chris Minns has told a Sydney Catholic Schools forum. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Government to expand access to redress scheme
Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will have expanded access to the National Redress Scheme under new laws introduced to the federal Parliament. Source: Canberra Times.
Catholic Medical Association holds first national conference
The Catholic Medical Association held its first national conference last week in Baulkham Hills in Sydney, Deacon Michael Tan reports. Source: Catholic Outlook.
‘Very kind man’ scams $29,000 from Brisbane’s Catholic Women’s League
A simple slip-up in awareness resulted in Brisbane’s Catholic Women’s League being scammed out of $29,000. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Catholic Mission network supports people of Myanmar
Catholic Mission and its missionary network is supporting people in Myanmar, who are still experiencing hardships since the 2021 military coup.
Young Australians have increasingly bleak social and economic outlook: Survey
Younger Australians feel particularly punished by cost-of-living pressures, a new survey shows, and have an increasingly bleak social and economic outlook. Source: ABC News.
Vatican reaffirms that Catholics cannot be Freemasons
The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith has reaffirmed that Catholics are forbidden from becoming Freemasons. Source: CNA.