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Faith, family and wine: Winery owner pours out her heart
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 April 2024
A bottle of wine can tell a thousand stories and for Valerie Miranda from South Australia’s Barossa Valley, it’s a tale of faith and family. Source: The Southern Cross.
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ACU Prize for Poetry a matter of faith
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 April 2024
Entries for the ACU Prize for Poetry have opened, with the competition this year calling for poems on the theme of faith. Source: Australian Catholic University.
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Pope urges nations to repeal laws discriminating against women
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 April 2024
Governments must eliminate laws discriminating against women and help guarantee women’s human rights, Pope Francis says in a video for his April prayer intention. Source: America Magazine.
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Church leaders in Scotland raise concerns over new hate crime laws
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 4 April 2024
Church leaders have expressed concern that some passages in the Bible or the Catechism of the Catholic Church could be deemed offensive under Scotland’s new hate crime legislation and that “vexatious” complaints under the law are now likely. Source: Angelus News.
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Light in a darkened world: Bishops release Easter messages
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 28 March 2024
While war and crises rage in the world today, Christ is alive and present, bringing light and offering hope to troubled times. This is a common theme in the Easter messages of Australia’s Catholic bishops.
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Faith leaders warn Albanese against possible ‘betrayal of trust’
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 28 March 2024
Faith leaders have told Prime Minister Anthony Albanese it would be a “betrayal of trust” for Labor to team up with the Greens and implement the Australian Law Reform Commission’s recommendations to remove protections for faith-based schools. Source: The Australian.
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Pope writes letter to his ‘dear brothers and sisters’ in the Holy Land
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 28 March 2024
Pope Francis yesterday issued a letter to the Christians of the Holy Land in preparation for Good Friday, expressing his solidarity with a community that continues to suffer amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Source: CNA.
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Pilgrimage launches 150th anniversary year of Sandhurst Diocese
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 28 March 2024
Hundreds of pilgrims walked from St Kilian’s Church to Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo on Sunday to launch the start of the Sandhurst Diocese’s 150th anniversary year.
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Pocock supports inquiry into excessive deaths during the pandemic
- By Rebecca Comini
- . 28 March 2024
Independent ACT senator David Pocock has again backed United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet’s quest to investigate excessive deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, this time securing a Senate inquiry that will report back in April. Source: Canberra Times.