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Young Australians have increasingly bleak social and economic outlook: Survey
Younger Australians feel particularly punished by cost-of-living pressures, a new survey shows, and have an increasingly bleak social and economic outlook. Source: ABC News.
Vatican reaffirms that Catholics cannot be Freemasons
The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith has reaffirmed that Catholics are forbidden from becoming Freemasons. Source: CNA.
First people who need to be evangelised are Christians: Pope
Often enough, the first people who need to be evangelised are Christians themselves, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: NCR Online.
UK Catholic charities welcome court ruling against refugee transfer plan
Catholic charities in the United Kingdom are among those who have welcomed yesterday’s Supreme Court decision against the British Government’s plans to transfer people seeking asylum to Rwanda. Source: The Tablet.
We have to live in synodal Church to understand it: Archbishop Costelloe
Reflecting on last month’s Synod on Synodality assembly, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB described “being a synodal Church” as an experience that “we have to live in order to understand it”. Source: America Magazine.
Social cohesion in Australia ‘under pressure and declining’
The belief that Australia is a “land of opportunity” is dissipating, with the nation’s social cohesion fraying under cost-of-living and housing affordability pressure, a new study finds. Source: The Australian.
MP launches bid to allow telehealth appointments about euthanasia
Independent MP Kate Chaney will push to amend federal laws that ban telecommunications services from being used to incite suicide, so that patients can access voluntary euthanasia appointments via telehealth. Source: The Guardian.
Vatican orders investigation into New Zealand Catholic group
The Vatican has appointed former Toowoomba Bishop Robert McGuckin to investigate a little-known Catholic group in Christchurch, following allegations of spiritual and psychological abuse and unauthorised exorcisms. Source: Newshub.
ACU names new director of ethics centre
Australian Catholic University and its healthcare partners have announced the appointment of Xavier Symons as the incoming director of the Plunkett Centre for Ethics.