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Notre Dame and the Catholic Institute announce partnership
In a significant move for Catholic education in Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia has announced a new strategic alliance with the Catholic Institute of Western Australia.
Pope cancels audiences due to persisting ‘mild flu’ symptoms
Pope Francis’s audiences were cancelled yesterday as a precautionary measure due to his persisting flu symptoms, the Holy See Press Office announced. Source: CNA.
Malawi carpenter becomes role model for other young women
Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion this week tells the story of Memory from Malawi, who with the support of the Lenten campaign has become a carpenter and role model for other young women.
Gunmen kill 15 Catholics at Mass in Burkina Faso
At least 15 people were killed in an attack by gunmen on Catholics gathered for Mass in a Burkina Faso village on Sunday, according to multiple news reports. Source: OSV News.
Vatican confirms appointment of rector for NZ’s national seminary
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelisation has confirmed the appointment of Fr David Dowling as the new rector of New Zealand’s national seminary in Auckland. Source: NZ Catholic.
Priest discovers chalice poisoned with bleach at Mass
A Catholic priest in southern Italy was the victim of a poisoning attempt on Sunday involving bleach mixed in with the water and wine used at Mass, in what many observers believe was a mafia-related attempt at intimidation. Source: Crux.
Pope pleads for just and lasting peace in Ukraine
Pope Francis yesterday lamented the deaths, injuries, destruction and anguish of the past two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – a period, he said, “that is becoming terribly long and whose end is not yet in sight”. Source: Vatican News.
Catholic education chief questions if ‘funding wars’ really about funding
National Catholic Education executive director Jacinta Collins says it’s time for “fringe commentators and the Australian Education Union to stop the distorted reporting on school funding” and for “all sectors to realise the full Gonski commitment to Australian education”.
Bishop Long urges solidarity in the face of growing individualism
At the National Catholic Social Services Conference, Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, stressed the need for solidarity in the face of growing individualism, especially highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Catholic Social Services Australia.