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Progress report on aged care reforms notes ‘progress’ and ‘slippages’
- . 20 October 2023
Progress on key aged care reforms has suffered “significant slippages” and the Albanese Government must act now to ensure they don’t fall further behind schedule, the nation’s new independent aged care overseer has warned. Source: The Australian.
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Loreto Sisters appoint new province leader for Australia, South East Asia
- . 20 October 2023
The Loreto Sisters have appointed Sr Mary Wright IBVM as the new leader of the Loreto Province of Australia and South East Asia for a three-year term commencing November 15.
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Maronite fundraising tops $530,000 and counting
- . 20 October 2023
A Maronite Eparchy of Australia appeal to help educate impoverished students in Lebanon has so far raised more than $530,000.
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Pope to celebrate Mass for Pope Benedict XVI
- . 20 October 2023
Pope Francis will celebrate a memorial Mass on Friday, November 3, for Pope Benedict XVI and cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. Source: OSV News.
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Nicaragua releases 12 priests after talks with Vatican
- . 20 October 2023
The Nicaraguan dictatorship has released 12 priests it had imprisoned and sent them to the Vatican after an agreement was reached with Church authorities. Source: CNA.
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Quirky black comedy weird and convoluted, yet strangely watchable
- . 20 October 2023
Set in Melbourne at Christmas 1999, Slant tells the story of a journalist who dredges up the sordid secrets of an infamous socialite after her mysterious disappearance. Source: Australian Catholics.
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Plenary Council a positive and transformative experience: Bishop Mackinlay
- . 19 October 2023
Australia’s Plenary Council provided a “positive and transformative experience of discernment and synodality”, Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay told the Synod of Synodality on Wednesday. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
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Pope calls for world day of prayer for peace as catastrophe looms in Gaza
- . 19 October 2023
Warning against a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and ongoing conflicts elsewhere, Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting, penance and prayer for peace in the world on Friday, October 27. Source: OSV News.
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CRA develops resource to guide formation of religious for ministry
- . 19 October 2023
Catholic Religious Australia has launched a new edition of a national resource to support religious institutes in developing their formation practices and processes.