The “undecided” cohort of West Australian MPs has dwindled as more upper house members have indicated they will vote in favour of the McGowan Government’s euthanasia laws. Source: The West Australian.
A university campus in Blacktown in greater western Sydney is a step closer to becoming a reality after Australian Catholic University and Blacktown Council officially signed off on the plans. Source: Daily Telegraph.
The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart have this week elected a new congregational leadership team to take forward the congregation’s vision for the next six years.
One of the few indigenous priests participating in this month’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon has weighed in on the issue of celibacy, saying it is a virtue everyone can live. Source: Crux.
Legislation underpinning the Morrison Government’s drug testing of Australians on welfare has passed the first parliamentary hurdle. Source: The Australian.
When built, a proposed four-storey vertical Catholic school in the grounds of James Cook University is expected to deliver an Australian-first for the Cairns education sector. Source: Cairns Post.
Based loosely on a character from the DC Comics Extended Universe, Joker is a dark study of a disturbed man’s psyche and is a cautionary moral tale. Source: ACOFB.
Indonesian bishops have called on Catholics to beef up security during Masses this weekend following a warning by the national police chief of possible terrorist attacks on churches ahead of the presidential inauguration. Source: ucanews.org.
The Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong is urging increasingly-violent demonstrators to regain their inner peace and to carry out protests peacefully. Source: Vatican News.
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