Catholic Health Australia members have announced they will match Caritas Australia’s funding to bring the total amount raised to fight COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea to more than $500,000.
A recent audit has shown the Sandhurst Diocese in Victoria to be fully compliant with nearly all of its standards to protect children from abuse, harm and neglect. Source: Bendigo Advertiser.
Catholic Religious Australia has made a submission to the Indigenous voice co-design process, supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s request for an Indigenous voice that is protected in the Australian Constitution.
New Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews’ stance on the mistreatment of women in Parliament is a welcome sign of her convictions. The treatment of asylum-seekers needs an equally determined response, writes Claire Victory. Source: Eureka Street.
Pope Francis says poor countries cannot be expected to recover from the current financial crisis if the world returns to an economic model in which a small minority of people owns half of the world’s wealth. Source: CNS.
Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize, the Mandorla Art Award, has this year been awarded to West Australian artist Britt Mikkelsen for her artwork on the homeless crisis, 8200 Souls. Source: Eternity News.
The Last Vermeer is a historical crime drama that mixes fact and fiction in telling the story of an art forger who defrauded the Nazis of millions of dollars. Source: Jesuit Media.
After what feels like “a truly trying Lent of 400-plus days” because of COVID-19, Christians need to “envisage and embrace” a season of Easter faith and hope that goes beyond the traditional 50 days, said Cardinal Michael Czerny. Source: Crux.
The Vatican’s astronomical observatory has launched a new website as part of its mission to show the world the Catholic Church’s support of science and scientific research. Source: CNA.
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