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States concerned aged care plans won’t fix bed block
Labor’s bid to woo states into supporting NDIS reforms has hit a hurdle, with jurisdictions saying the Commonwealth’s promise to build an extra 5000 aged care beds a year won’t address the bed block already choking their health systems. Source: The Australian.
Synod proposes new approach to ‘people of faith with same-sex attractions’
The Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published the testimonies of two men in civil marriages with other men who describe from personal experience the tensions and wounds that have marked their lives of faith within the Church. Source: EWTN News.
As more Australians reach crisis point, Vinnies launches winter appeal
More than half of all Australians are cutting back on food, medicine and other essentials just to keep a roof over their head, according to new research released by St Vincent de Paul Society NSW.
Sydney Synod sets new pastoral priorities for archdiocese
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has accepted key proposals from the Sydney Synod, setting new pastoral priorities for the Sydney Archdiocese focused on more prayerful liturgies, Christ-centred communities and renewed missionary outreach. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Canossian Sister chooses life of service to God and others
There is complete joy in belonging to God, says Canossian Sister Linh Dinh who made her Perpetual Profession of Vows at the order’s Canossa Chapel in the Brisbane suburb of Oxley. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Catholic organisations on a mission to better serve community
CatholicCare and the Catholic Development Fund in the Wollongong Diocese have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, marking a shared commitment to mission‑aligned, community‑focused service across the diocese.
The Church must speak clearly, decisively against all evil: Pope
The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defence of human life, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Pope encourages Lebanese priests during video call
A group of parish priests from villages in southern Lebanon got a pleasant surprise yesterday morning when they received a video call from Pope Leo XIV. Source: Vatican News.Â
Church in Mozambique destroyed by Islamic State
A Catholic church in northern Mozambique was targeted in an attack by the Islamic State group that has carried out attacks against Christians and Muslims in the country since 2017. Source: NCR Online.