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Bishops say action required to achieve global peace
In this year’s Social Justice Statement, Australia’s Catholic bishops say peace is possible if people commit to speaking the truth and redouble efforts to end war. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Victorian barristers debate wearing legal robes at religious ceremonies
The Victorian Bar has debated whether judges and lawyers should stop wearing their robes and medals at special religious services to avoid any conflict of interest perceptions. Source: The Australian.
Government and Opposition urged to prioritise Aged Care Act
Catholic Health Australia has joined other aged care provider peak bodies in supporting calls for both sides of federal Parliament to urgently prioritise the new Aged Care Act and address critical issues facing older Australians.
Caritas Australia condemns historic humanitarian death toll
Caritas Australia has condemned the historic humanitarian death toll revealed by the United Nations this week, saying that aid workers in conflict zones should be protected.
Parents urged to make voices heard at NSW pornography inquiry
Parents are being urged to make their voices heard at a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the damaging effects of pornography on the mental, emotional and physical health of children and young people. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Conference to reflect on the mission of a Catholic university
Australian Catholic University will welcome more than 200 Catholic higher education leaders and students from institutions across Asia and Australia for the 30th Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities Conference.
Pope discusses climate change with Amazon chief
Pope Francis met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, at the Vatican to discuss climate change. Source: OSV News.
Congress will be ‘like returning to the essence of our faith’
With less than a month to go until the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, the event’s secretary-general said it will be an opportunity to “put the Eucharistic Christ at the centre of the life of the Church and the world”. Source: CNA.
Pope says Catholics should ‘collectively call for the abolition of the death penalty’
Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope Francis has written in the preface to a new book on prison chaplaincy. Source: NCR Online.