The Church in Australia is dedicating the month of November as a time to pray for those affected by crippling drought conditions and to pray for the gift of rain. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
The National Redress Scheme will have its funding lifted in a bid to increase access to the program and fast-track processing for abuse survivors. Source: The Australian.
Opponents of Western Australia’s proposed euthanasia laws have failed in their attempt to put a final vote in state Parliament on hold until well into next year. Source: ABC News.
The Morrison Government has torpedoed an independent inquiry into the impact of anti-discrimination laws on faith-based schools and organisations. Source: News.com.au.
With clear signs of economic weakness, the Coalition must think about fiscal stimulus and job creation, even if it comes at the expense of the budget surplus, writes Catholic Social Services Australia’s Joe Zabar. Source: Eureka Street.
For 44 years, Frank Mullins has been preparing and handing out food from the St Vincent de Paul Society’s soup van to Victorians facing tough times. Source: ABC News.
The single bell in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, will soon be joined by eight bells to form a peal that has been 165 years in the making. Source: Catholic Outlook.
The president of the Polish Bishops Conference has asked Pope Francis to proclaim St John Paul II a Doctor of the Church and patron of Europe. Source: Catholic Herald.
The head of the Vatican’s sovereign asset management body has insisted that the Holy See is not headed for financial “collapse”. Source: CNA.
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