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Aged Care

Catholic sector welcomes agreement on aged care

Catholic Health Australia has welcomed the agreement yesterday between Labor and the Coalition on a new approach to aged care and the introduction of the Aged Care Act into Parliament.

Synod

Australians to play role in major global event in Rome

Australian Catholics will play a key role in a month-long global event aimed at shaping the future of the Church. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

Papal Trip Pope Francis

Pope urges wealthy Singapore to care for its poor and migrants

Pope Francis praised Singapore and its citizens for their hard work and ingenuity, but he urged them to be mindful of the poor and of the migrant workers who do much of the hard labour. Source: CNS.

Veterans

Veterans Care Association says royal commission report ‘will improve lives’

Brisbane Deacon Gary Stone said the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report was a “goldmine of information” for people interested in delivering care for veterans. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Misinformation Politics

Coalition, lawyers raise concerns about Labor’s misinformation laws 

The Coalition is likely to oppose Labor’s second attempt to legislate a crackdown on online misinformation and disinformation, amid criticism from legal experts that expanding the bill to include political content would undermine free speech. Source: The Australian.

Families In The Dioceses

‘Bishop’s Call’ urges parishioners to become foster carers

Wollongong Bishop Brian Mascord is urging parishioners within his diocese to consider becoming foster carers amid a critical shortage of foster carers within the local community. Source: CatholicCare Wollongong.

Religious Orders United Kingdom

Augustinian friars return to shrine for first time in 500 years

Members of the Augustinian Order will return to serve at the UK’s Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady at Walsingham for the first time in nearly 500 years. Source: Catholic Herald.

Institution

Opus Dei prelate asks prayers for new statutes and to share ‘fire of the Lord’

Opus Dei prelate Msgr Fernando Ocáriz has renewed his request for prayer for the new statutes of “the Work”, as its members call this institution of the Church, and encouraged them to share “the fire of the Lord” with others. Source: CNA.

Film Review

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is fun fun

In “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”, Michael Keaton returns to the screen after 36 years as the afterlife’s most famous “bio exorcist”. Source: Australian Catholics.