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Statement from ACBC President on Bondi tragedy
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said “the violence and horror” that descended on Bondi yesterday have “shaken Australians to the core”. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Archbishop makes plea against ‘kill teams’ in aged care
Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has criticised euthanasia laws in New South Wales following a failed attempt to overhaul the scheme, declaring faith-based aged-care facilities should not be forced to “host kill teams on site”. Source: The Australian.
Bishop urges youth to ‘make their home in Christ’
The Australian Catholic Youth Festival has been hailed as a time of listening, deepening of faith and friendship. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Conference president addresses Ukrainian Catholic leaders
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who were meeting in Melbourne this week. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Bathurst Diocese ‘on journey of renewal’
Bathurst Bishop Michael McKenna has issued a new pastoral letter, inviting people of his diocese to a deeper engagement in the life and mission of the Church. Source: Bathurst Diocese.
How Australia could help ‘win the peace’
What role should Australia play in the reconstruction of Ukraine? That question was discussed at the launch of a new report in Canberra this week. Source: Ukrainian Eparchy.
Archbishop Fisher says Australia has embraced ‘culture of death’
Pope John Paul II’s 1995 Evangelium Vitae encyclical emphasised the inherent value of human life and warned against a “culture of death”. Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP believes that Australia has embraced this culture. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Bishops urge faithful to oppose changes to Victoria’s euthanasia laws
Victoria’s bishops have written a pastoral letter to the community in response to the Victorian Government’s plans to amend the state’s euthanasia and assisted suicide laws. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Australians urged to recognise migrants, refugees as ‘brother and sister’
Australians have been urged to reflect on the values of compassion, justice and hope as Catholic communities mark the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday, October 5. Source: ACBC.