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Call to remember the vulnerable as state tightens belt
Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) CEO Dr Jerry Nockles, has met with senior advisers from the Victorian Premier’s Office at Parliament House in Melbourne to discuss critical support for Victoria’s most vulnerable communities amid fiscal pressures facing the state.
Diocese digs in to get new college rolling
St Francis Catholic College in Toowoomba Diocese has celebrated a significant milestone with a turning of the sod and Blessing of the site ceremony, officially marking the commencement of construction of the new Catholic college in Westbrook.
Pope asks for prayers for priests in crisis
Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics across the globe to join him in April in praying for priests in crisis. Source: Vatican News.
US Vice President brings his conversion to book
United States Vice President JD Vance has a new book coming out that will explore his religious faith and his conversion to Catholicism as an adult. Source: National Catholic Reporter/AP.
Cardinal evacuated from Iran to Rome prays for peace
During a vigil for peace on Monday evening in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome, Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan, invoked God as “great and merciful,” affirming his designs of peace and rejection of war. Source: EWTN News.
PM announces cut in fuel excise, encourages Australians to ‘enjoy’ Easter
Anthony Albanese has urged Australians not to cancel their Easter getaways amid escalating fuel pressures as he announced a cut in fuel excise. Source: Daily Telegraph.
Palm Sunday rally focuses on justice for refugees
The annual Palm Sunday rally in Melbourne saw a cheerful, and sizeable, crowd gather on March 29 to show support for refugees. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Pope Leo makes his biggest change to Vatican leadership
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Italian Archbishop Paolo Rudelli the new head of the general affairs section of the Secretariat of State, one of the most influential positions in the Roman Curia, while also naming Archbishop Petar Rajič as the new prefect of the Papal Household. Source: NCR.
Wages drop to blame for growth in poverty: research
A new research report into Australia’s national minimum wage has found the poverty line has had the largest increase in a decade. Source: ACU.