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Go back to the heart this Holy Week: Pope
Pope Francis has offered advice for how to have a fruitful Holy Week, urging people to focus on the essentials and look to the cross as the source of hope, as he prepares to wash the feet of 12 young people at a juvenile centre. Source: CNA.
Tasmania blazes trail with institution of catechists
Nineteen catechists from parishes around Tasmania were formally instituted at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart recently, one of the first groups to be instituted in Australia. Source: Archdiocese of Hobart.
Be a Good Egg in fight against slavery and child labour
A justice-based chocolate revolution has been sweeping through schools, parishes and communities in Australia in the days leading up to Easter, with people buying slavery-free certified Easter eggs to avoid chocolate that may have been produced using child labour. Source: ACRATH
Comedy and drama odd bedfellows in hospital
Allelujah is a British film based on the play of the same name by Alan Bennett and it boasts a Britbox cast of acting luminaries in an ensemble work of heart. Source: Jesuit Media.
Pope revises penal law of Eastern Catholic Churches
In a new Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio, Pope Francis has revised the penal law of the Eastern Churches, harmonising some aspects of the Eastern discipline with that of the Latin Church, while preserving the distinctive features of Eastern law. Source: Vatican News.
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Australia ‘falling behind’ on religious freedom
Australia is trailing much of the world in protecting religious freedoms, with current provisions open to contest because they haven’t been enshrined in law, according to an independent study. Source: The Australian
Half a million Australians ask bank to ban them from gambling
More than half a million Australians have asked their bank to temporarily ban them from gambling, a parliamentary inquiry has been told. Source: SBS News.
Lay Salvatorians celebrate Vatican recognition
Australia’s Lay Salvatorian community is celebrating its recent recognition by the Vatican as an international association of the faithful. Source: The
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