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Leadership

Graduation Day for women in leadership program

The 2021-22 Leadership for Mission program for young women has officially drawn to a close with a retreat and graduation ceremony in Sydney. Source: The Bridge.

Books

Letters reveal another side to religious art historian

The friendship between British art historian Sr Wendy Beckett and American publisher Robert Ellsberg is documented in a new book to be launched today. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Housing

Charity House blessed as project looks to the future

Hobart Archbishop Julian Porteous has blessed land at Herdsmans Cove, Tasmania, with a house to be built on the land that will provide employment for young, vulnerable Tasmanians looking to enter the construction industry. Source: Hobart Archdiocese

Welfare

Robodebt cases to be dropped for nearly 200,000

Almost 200,000 people who spent years fighting to clear welfare debts they didn’t owe will have any active Centrelink investigations wiped. Source: The Age.

World

Archbishop warns against ‘new colonial forces’ in Fiji

Fiji’s archbishop is warning that “new colonial forces” are moving into the Pacific Island nation as it celebrates its 52nd anniversary of independence from Great Britain. Source: Crux.

Interfaith Pope Francis

Francis to join interfaith prayer for peace at Colosseum

Pope Francis will join other religious leaders at a prayer service for peace at Rome’s Colosseum later this month, the Vatican confirmed. Source: CNA

Synod Vatican

Dream of ‘synodality’ a fruit of Vatican II, cardinal writes

While the term “synodality” is not found in any Second Vatican Council documents, the Council’s vision and definition of the Church is at the heart of synodality, says a message marking Vatican II’s 60th anniversary. Source: CNS.

Ecumenism Pope Francis

Pope meets Methodist-Catholic dialogue members

Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay met with Pope Francis last week in his new role as the Catholic co-chair of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission. Source: Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

Coronavirus

Policy failures have lasting effect on essential workers

Government bungles during the pandemic had a lasting effect on essential workers including lost careers, reduced incomes and greater exposure to COVID-19 at work, a new report by Australian Catholic University and the United Workers Union finds. (ACU)