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Caritas worker and family killed in Gaza air strike
Caritas Australia is mourning the loss of another colleague from the Caritas Network who was killed in a bombing in Gaza.
Productivity Commission calls for three days of free childcare per week
All children in Australia under the age of five should be able to access at least three days of childcare a week regardless of their parents’ work and income circumstances, the Productivity Commission has said. Source: The Guardian.
Brisbane men say ‘yes’ to God’s call to permanent diaconate
Two Brisbane married men, Conrado Medequiso and Paul Jensen, will be ordained to the permanent diaconate at St Stephen’s Cathedral this Saturday. Source: Catholic Leader.
Indian Church ecology summit lauds ‘net zero’ parish
As Pope Francis prepares to take part in the COP-28 climate change summit in Dubai, a national ecological conference in India suggests the Pontiff’s agenda of environmental concern is taking root at the Church’s local level. Source: Crux.
Superhero adventure less than marvellous
The 33rd superhero entry in the Marvel Studios catalogue, has a lot going for it to be a commercial success. However, with news headlines such as “Marvels land with a thud”, practically no one has much good to say about The Marvels. Source: Australian Catholics.
Pope says poverty a ‘scandal’ and urges Christians to use gifts for charity
The material, cultural and spiritual poverties that exist in the world are a “scandal” that Christians are called to address by putting their God-given capacity for charity and love into action, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS.
New research suggests ‘absolute crisis’ in wellbeing of Australian children
Australia’s primary school age children are angrier, lonelier, more anxious and less able to control their emotions than they were five years ago, new research finds, despite the increased societal concern for childhood wellbeing. Source: The Australian.
Government may be forced to release more people from detention
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says the federal Government expects it will have to do more to overhaul Australia’s immigration detention system, as it faces the prospect of more people being released from immigration detention. Source: ABC News.
Support for treaty nosedives after Voice referendum
Only a third of voters believe the Commonwealth should pursue a treaty-making process with Indigenous Australians or establish a “truth-telling” commission, with support for the remaining ambitions of the Uluru Statement languishing in the aftermath of the Voice referendum. Source: The Age.