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Labor spending $50 million to keep faith-based places safe
- . 19 October 2023
Labor has rolled out its promised $50 million in funding to improve security at religious schools and sites of worship, in the wake of the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. Source: The Australian.
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Severe financial pressure forcing private hospitals to close maternity wards
- . 19 October 2023
Catholic Health Australia says many maternity services are under pressure as St John of God Bendigo Hospital considers closing its ward. Source: ABC News.
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Picturing the Church’s commitment to creating safe spaces
- . 19 October 2023
A new Indigenous artwork that tells the story of Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd and its commitment to creating safe spaces for everyone has been unveiled by ACSL.
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Vinnies urges Government and all MPs tackle poverty
- . 19 October 2023
This year’s Anti-Poverty Week is shining a light on the children of families who receive inadequate social security payments and depend on emergency support from charities, the St Vincent de Paul Society says.
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Greens make progress in push to end deportation of migrants with a disability
- . 19 October 2023
A push by the Greens to stop the federal Government from being able to deport migrant families if a child is born with disability has progressed, after a deal was struck with Immigration Minister Andrew Giles. Source: SBS News.
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Bishop claims marriage ‘disappearing’ in Britain
- . 19 October 2023
An English Catholic bishop says the shrinking number of marriages in Britain is causing negative social consequences, the implications of which are only beginning to be worked out, not least for the wellbeing of children. Source: Crux.
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Synod members urge patience as process unfolds
- . 18 October 2023
Broken Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo says synodality is “not something that is born in a vacuum” but is how Catholics “live our faith and how we proclaim the Gospel in every single moment of our day”. Source: CNS.
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‘Sympathetic outsider’ says Church can be country’s great intermediary
- . 18 October 2023
Liberal MP Julian Leeser has urged Australia’s Catholics to be a stronger voice in public life and not underestimate their influence for good. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
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Local Synod ‘a model for engagement, discernment and decision-making’
- . 18 October 2023
Parramatta Diocese concluded its inaugural Synod on Sunday, an event that brought together 280 faithful from across Western Sydney, the Blue Mountains and beyond to discuss the future of the local Church.