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US bishop warns ‘a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought‘
The chairman of the United States bishops’ peace committee has urged Catholics to pray fervently for progress in nuclear arms control, warning of the thousands of nuclear weapons in the world today and the “horrors” that would result from a nuclear exchange. Source: CNA.
Church in Mexico’s pastoral plan for mothers of disappeared persons
Faced with the lamentable growing wave of disappeared persons in Mexico and with it the formation of groups — primarily mothers – looking for their missing children, the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico is preparing a pastoral plan to accompany them. Source: National Catholic Register.
Huge crowd gathers for Australian WYD gathering in Lisbon
More than 2500 World Youth Day pilgrims from Australia and Oceania have been told they will “do great things” as the global Catholic celebration commenced in Lisbon. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Archbishop Comensoli says hospital takeover sets ‘worrying precedent’
Melbourne Archbishop Peter A. Comensoli has accused the ACT Government of forcibly acquiring Calvary Public Hospital Bruce because its Catholic ethos was “inconvenient”, saying the takeover sets a “worrying precedent for civil society groups”. Source: The Australian.
New website launched for Official Directory, pre-orders open for print edition
The new website for the online edition of the Official Directory of the Catholic Church in Australia has been launched, coinciding with the opening of pre-orders for the new print edition of the directory.
More private schools to be hit with payroll tax after government backflip
The Victorian Government will add more non-government schools to its payroll tax hit list, four weeks after making assurances that the list of schools subject to payroll tax would not change. Source: The Age.
Raising age of criminal responsibility in NT from 10 to 12 years is ‘job half done’
Jesuit Social Services has welcomed the increase of the age of criminal responsibility in the Northern Territory from 10 to 12 years, with the new laws coming into effect yesterday. Source: National Indigenous Times.
Socktober kicks off with Timor-Leste the goal
As the sports stars of the FIFA Women’s World Cup kick their goals, the launch of Socktober 2023 will have students across Australia kicking their own – and for a good cause. Source: Catholic Mission.
ACU pays tribute to Dominican Sisters on 60th anniversary of Canberra campus
Australian Catholic University is this week celebrating the 60th anniversary of its Signadou campus in Canberra, paying tribute to the Dominican Sisters whose commitment to education for women, by women, empowered generations of students.