Talk to us
CathNews, the most frequently visited Catholic website in Australia, is your daily news service featuring Catholics and Catholicism from home and around the world, Mass on Demand and on line, prayer, meditation, reflections, opinion, and reviews. And, what's more - it's free!
Rebecca Comini
administrator
Articles By This Author
Archbishop Costelloe says WA’s changes to abortion law ‘distressing’
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB says moves by the West Australian Government to make access to abortion easier will be “distressing” for many people. Source: Perth Archdiocese.
Albanese seeks to place legal limits on Voice
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking to place limits on the scope of the Voice to Parliament and executive government by assuring Australians its remit would be restricted to issues that “specifically or differently” affect Aboriginal people. Source: The Australian.
Organisation that helps First Nations Catholic students gets top award
The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation, which has helped thousands of Catholic school students complete years 11 and 12, has been named the 2023 Philanthropic Foundation of the Year at the Queensland Community Foundation Philanthropy Awards. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Find your voice and make it heard
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan are inviting emerging and published writers to enter The Good Oil 2023 Writers’ Award. Source: The Good Oil.
Pectoral cross of Benedict XVI stolen from Bavarian church
A pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria has been stolen from the church where it was on display. Source: CNA.
New payroll tax on schools ‘unfairly targets’ hard-working families
The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria says the Victorian Government’s new payroll tax for non-government schools unfairly targets hard-working Victorian families and won’t improve the Budget as much as forecast.
Canavan introduces bill to force ACT to hold Calvary inquiry
Queensland LNP Senator Matt Canavan has introduced a bill to force the ACT Government to hold an inquiry into its compulsory takeover of Calvary Public Hospital Bruce. Source: Canberra Times.
Calls to elder abuse helpline increase by 40 per cent amid cost-of-living crisis
Advocates are concerned increasing cost-of-living pressures could be contributing to a spike in elder abuse in Victoria. Source: ABC News.
Young scientists give old physics equipment a new life
The University of Notre Dame Australia has donated its excess physics equipment to Western Australian primary schools to help encourage more students to embrace and pursue a career in science.