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Street poet says prayer the lynchpin of his creative life
Sydney street poet David Marsh has launched his seventh book, a memoir titled Redemption at Work: My life story, at St Canice’s Church in Elizabeth Bay. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Profit-at-all-costs is not a good business model: Pope
Business leaders must fight the temptation to seek financial gain above all else and instead promote a “culture of encounter” that improves their balance sheet and the lives of their employees and communities at the same time, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: NCR Online.
Cardinal asks Americans to forgo right to bear arms
Amid a mounting debate in the US over gun control, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has entered the fray with a different argument: That people should voluntarily forgo their Second Amendment right to bear arms, for the betterment of society. Source: Crux.
Outback noir lays out the racism faced by Indigenous Australians
Limbo is an Australian mystery thriller about a detective who arrives in an outback town to investigate the 20-year-old unsolved murder of an Indigenous woman. Source: Australian Catholics.
ACT Parliament passes bill enabling takeover of Calvary hospital
Legislation to enable the compulsory acquisition of Calvary Public Hospital Bruce by the ACT Government has passed the territory’s Legislative Assembly after a day of acrimonious debate. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Hundreds gather for ordination of second Syro-Malabar bishop
Hundreds of people gathered last night to celebrate the ordination of Bishop John Panamthottathil CMI as the second shepherd of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle in Melbourne. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Catholic Education says Victorian Government must end ‘payroll tax grab’
National Catholic Education Commission executive director Jacinta Collins said the Victorian Government needs to end the “payroll tax grab” from non-government schools, which could affect about 20,000 Catholic school students and their families.
Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum bill passes lower house
The legislation to set up the referendum on enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Constitution has passed the House of Representatives. Source: ABC News.
Catholic Schools Broken Bay and staff finalise new enterprise agreement
Catholic Schools Broken Bay has finalised a new enterprise agreement with the Independent Education Union covering staff at 44 diocesan schools.