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Culture of safeguarding ‘embedded’ in New Norcia community
A safeguarding audit report published this week by Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd has found an embedded culture of safeguarding evident throughout the Benedictine community of New Norcia.
Hungary’s president visits Campion College
Catholic liberal arts college Campion College has enjoyed its first visit from a head of state: Hungarian President Katalin Novák. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem reconsecrates Holy Land to Our Lady, Queen of Palestine
On the feast day of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine and the Holy Land, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has reconsecrated the local Church and land to her. Source: National Catholic Register.
Learn about the saints, be moved by their examples: Pope
Holiness is a gift everyone receives with Baptism, and it is a journey to be made together with the help of the saints in heaven, Pope Francis said on the Feast of All Saints yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Proposed laws would give nurses green light to discuss euthanasia with patients
Nurses, social workers and counsellors will be able to initiate discussions about euthanasia with terminally ill people in the ACT, under what will be the most liberal framework in the country if enshrined into law. Source: The Australian.
Priest keeps op shop doors open for people who lost everything in bushfires
With bushfires burning in Queensland, Toowoomba Diocese priest Fr Jack MacGinley is keeping his local op shop in Tara open with a sign out front: “Goods all free, clothes all free, help yourself”. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Caritas report gives a voice to victims of climate change
Caritas Internationalis has launched a new report that reveals the experiences of people displaced by climate change. Source: Caritas Australia.
Religious sister in Gaza pleads for peace and humanitarian aid
A religious sister who is principal of the Rosary Sisters School in Gaza has issued a heartfelt plea for peace and immediate humanitarian aid in the war-torn region. Source: Aid to the Church in Need.
Sacrosanctum Concilium still a work in progress after 60 years
It’s arguably the Second Vatican Council’s most contested and misunderstood constitution, but six decades later Clare Johnson says the Catholic faithful have a way to go to fully grasp the central vision of Sacrosanctum Concilium. Source: ACU.