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All Australians should have access to palliative care
The number of Australians aged over 85 is projected to reach more than one million in the next 20 years, presenting a challenge in providing dignity and care for all, write Alex Lynch and Josh Hunt. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Priest calls for united action on juvenile crime in South Australia
Msgr David Cappo, the Adelaide priest behind a ground-breaking report on juvenile crime, has urged South Australia’s Malinauskas Government to re-look at the report’s recommendations. Source: The Southern Cross.
Celebrating 30 years of St John Paul II’s ‘The Gospel of Life’
Two significant anniversaries arrived for the Church and the world in recent weeks – the 20th anniversary of St John Paul II’s death and the 30th anniversary of his Evangelium Vitae encyclical, Anna Krohn writes. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
There must always be a place for cash on our society
The preservation of cash as a means of participating in the economy is a critical part of promoting equality for a cohort who are already vulnerable, writes St Vincent de Paul Society’s Mark Gaetani. Source: Eureka Street.Â
Providing patients with lethal chemicals to end their life is not health care
The Victorian Government’s announcement of reforms to euthanasia and assisted suicide laws is deeply distressing, with the protection and care of vulnerable and dying people further marginalised, writes Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Systemic changes needed to help the sick and suffering
In his message for World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis touches on one of the most difficult topics that I, and many Christians, struggle with – the role of suffering, writes Brigid Meney. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Communications seminar reminded of  ‘original communication’Â
The need for the Church’s faithful and bold engagement of digital media, and of the cultures and ways of thinking it shapes, was the focus of discussion at the 14th Communications Seminar last week, writes Daniel Ang. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Education a crucial lifeline for migrants and refugees
For refugees and those displaced by violence or war, education is a lifeline that brings stability and creates a better world, writes Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ. Source: Australian Jesuits.
Syria’s Christians unsure about joining the celebrations
Amid the jubilation unleashed inside Syria and around the world by the fall of the Assad regime yesterday, one community that may not be in such a festive mood would be Syria’s Christian minority, writes John Allen. Source: Crux.