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No room for faith-based political parties: Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned against faith-based political parties and argued one that advocated for Muslim Australians would only isolate the religious group, as rebel senator Fatima Payman hints at a new political movement. Source: The Age.
Official schedule reveals Pope’s ambitious journey to Oceania and Asia
Pope Francis will travel more than 32,000 kilometres over the course of seven flights during his ambitious 12-day trip to four countries in Southeast Asia and Oceania this September. Source: CNA.
Pell family has no complaints about Cardinal’s medical treatment in Italy
Cardinal George Pell’s family has no complaints about his medical treatment in Rome’s Salvator Mundi Hospital and the autopsy report of his death, which they have had translated and scrutinised by Australian doctors. Source: The Australian.
Artwork removed from exhibition after Christian protests
The mayor of Liverpool Council ordered the removal of an artwork, one of the finalists in the Blake Prize for religious or spiritual art, because the Christian community had taken offence “at Jesus Christ being portrayed as a Looney Tunes character”. Source: SMH.
Perth Catholic community prays for success of Archdiocesan Assembly
Parishes across the Perth Archdiocese were invited at the weekend to pray for the Archdiocesan Assembly to be held on Saturday, July 13. Source: The Record.
Vatican declares Archbishop Vigano excommunicated for schism
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former apostolic nuncio to the United States of America, has incurred the penalty of excommunication for having abandoned communion with the Bishop of Rome and the Catholic Church. Source: Vatican News.
Archbishop of Westminster congratulates Starmer on election win
The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols congratulated new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after Labour’s historic election victory that saw many senior prominent Catholic MPs lose their seats. Source: The Tablet.
Democracy not in good health: Pope
Pope Francis denounced populist politics and what he called “the dross of ideology” on Sunday, warning that democracy was not in good shape in many parts of the world. Source: Reuters.
Thousands of patients face massive cost hikes as St Vincent’s pull plug on NIB
Thousands of patients face massive rises in out-of-pocket costs at St Vincent’s private hospitals after funding negotiations with major health insurer NIB collapsed amid a deepening crisis in the $22 billion private hospital industry. Source: The Age.