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Refugee mentoring program provides pathways to health careers
A Calvary community initiative is helping people from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds gain valuable work experience in an Australian workplace.
Calls to tweak tax rules to reduce NDIS costs and give participants more options
New tax rules could encourage more accommodation options for Australians living with a disability and reduce the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to a new report. Source: ABC News.
Trump says he will seek death penalty for all murders in DC
United States President Donald Trump announced yesterday that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, DC. Source: Catholic Review.
Colombia’s bishops condemn deadly terrorist attacks
Colombia’s bishops expressed their outrage after at least 18 people died and more than 40 were injured in two attacks in Colombia attributed to different dissident factions of the former FARC guerrilla group. Source: NCR Online.
India’s Eastern Rite synod resolves long-running liturgy dispute
The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church has approved the resolution of a liturgy dispute that had troubled the India-based Eastern Catholic Church for the past five years. Source: UCA News.
Vatican ‘appalled’ by Israel’s deadly strike on Gaza hospital
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the Holy See is “appalled by what is happening in Gaza” after an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza killed 20 people, including five journalists. Source: Vatican News.
Data shows ‘brutal reality of child homelessness in Australia’
Three-quarters of homeless Australian kids who seek help without a parent or guardian remain homeless after their crisis support ends, new research shows. Source: News.com.au.
Hats off to Sydney couple
Sydney newlyweds James Lu and Fiona Choi presented Pope Leo XVI with an Akubra hat earlier this month. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Dictionary of Catholic educators launches public lecture
Australia’s only dictionary dedicated to preserving the stories of Catholic educators since Australian colonial settlement has launched its first public lecture. Source: ACU.