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Pope urges renewed consecration of Ukraine and Russia to Mary
- . 23 March 2023
Pope Francis has urged believers to renew the consecration of humanity – especially Russia and Ukraine – to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Source: Vatican News.
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Melbourne Catholic schools embrace use of AI tool
- . 23 March 2023
Catholic schools in Melbourne are being encouraged to harness artificial intelligence writing tool ChatGPT for teaching and assessment – instead of banning it, as state schools have. Source: The Age.
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Illuminate project lights the way for religious education
- . 23 March 2023
A religious education project operating in some Toowoomba Catholic schools is “lighting the way” for teachers to foster the religious life of their school.
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Catholic health care institutions in US ‘should not perform gender transitions’
- . 23 March 2023
The United States bishops have issued new guidance that Catholic health care institutions must not perform gender transition interventions, whether surgical or chemical, on a person regardless of their age. Source: Crux.
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Not practising what you preach is hypocrisy: Pope Francis
- . 23 March 2023
To effectively witness to the Gospel, Christians need to be consistent in what they believe, how they live and what they preach, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNA.
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Missionaries called to prioritise migration, climate change
- . 23 March 2023
Catholic missionaries need to prioritise migration and refugee issues, climate change and the coexistence of various cultures in their missionary works, says the head of the Columban missionaries. Source: UCA News.
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New document highlights Catholics, Jews ‘walking together’
- . 22 March 2023
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has launched a new document to highlight Christianity’s unique relationship with Judaism and to celebrate the positive relationship the two faiths enjoy in Australia. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
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Stepping towards referendum on Voice to Parliament
- . 22 March 2023
What are Catholics to think about the proposed referendum on the Voice to Parliament, asks Fr Frank Brennan SJ. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
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Answering ‘the most asked question in the life of the Church’
- . 22 March 2023
In his 2023 Patrick Oration, Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli called on the People of God to “rediscover the young Church”. Source: Melbourne Catholic.