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NDIS savings plan kept secret as parents fear children will lose funding
Coalition and Greens senators have combined to accuse Labor of secrecy over its plans to reduce the cost of the $42 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme, saying parents fear their children will be kicked off the scheme. Source: The Age.
From Africa to regional Australia: Fr Eddie’s missionary journey
More than 12,000km from his home and family in Kenya, Fr Eddie Khaemba CSSP says while it has taken some time to become accustomed to life in a new country, he feels completely at home now as one of Australia’s many migrant priests. Source: The Bridge.
Israel objects to Cardinal Parolin’s remarks on Gaza war
The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See has defined as “regrettable” remarks by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, saying that Israel’s attacks on Gaza have been excessive. Source: America Magazine.
Francis warns of ‘the demon’ of acedia
The vice of acedia, often translated as “sloth”, can cause laziness, but it is much more than that; it is a lack of caring for anything and being bored with everything, even one’s relationship with God, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Grandmother killed, 53 injured when church in Philippines collapses
At least one person died and 53 were injured when part of the second floor of a church collapsed during a packed Ash Wednesday Mass in Bulacan province in the Philippines yesterday. Source: UCA News.
Plight of Rohingya is world’s ‘forgotten crisis’
Seven years since violence broke out in Myanmar, Rohingya refugees continue to live in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, where conditions are dire and prospects of returning home are still distant. Source: Vatican News.
Labor announces $14.4m for emergency food relief programs
The Albanese Government has announced $14.4 million for emergency food relief programs nationwide to respond to the growing cost of living crisis. Source: The Guardian.
Church rejects Tasmanian bill on ‘conversion practices’
The Hobart Archdiocese has submitted a response to the Tasmanian Government’s draft legislation seeking to ban “conversion practices” in relation to same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria.
Supporting Project Compassion a way ‘to proclaim the faith in our hearts’
Caritas Australia has launched its annual Lenten fundraising and awareness appeal, Project Compassion, this year with the theme “For All Future Generations”.