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Catholic sector calls for more consultation on draft Aged Care Act
- . 4 April 2024
Catholic Health Australia supports further consultation on the draft Aged Care Act before the legislation is introduced to federal Parliament.
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Caritas condemns rising aid worker death toll in Gaza
- . 4 April 2024
Caritas Australia has joined other Australian humanitarian agencies in condemning the rising aid worker death toll in Gaza following the deaths of seven international aid workers who were killed while working for the World Central Kitchen.
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Vatican to release ‘very important’ document on human dignity
- . 4 April 2024
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith’s declaration on human dignity, which is said to include a faith-based critique of “gender ideologies” and surrogacy, will be released next week. Source: OSV News.
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Sharp rise in Australians moving onto welfare payments
- . 4 April 2024
Almost 50,000 people have moved on to JobSeeker and Youth Allowance payments in five months despite historically low unemployment rates, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers warns of labour market weaknesses. Source: The Australian.
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Sam Mostyn announced as Australia’s next governor-general
- . 4 April 2024
Prominent businesswoman and gender equality advocate Samantha Mostyn will be Australia’s next governor-general. Source: ABC News.
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Faith, family and wine: Winery owner pours out her heart
- . 4 April 2024
A bottle of wine can tell a thousand stories and for Valerie Miranda from South Australia’s Barossa Valley, it’s a tale of faith and family. Source: The Southern Cross.
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ACU Prize for Poetry a matter of faith
- . 4 April 2024
Entries for the ACU Prize for Poetry have opened, with the competition this year calling for poems on the theme of faith. Source: Australian Catholic University.
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Pope urges nations to repeal laws discriminating against women
- . 4 April 2024
Governments must eliminate laws discriminating against women and help guarantee women’s human rights, Pope Francis says in a video for his April prayer intention. Source: America Magazine.
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Church leaders in Scotland raise concerns over new hate crime laws
- . 4 April 2024
Church leaders have expressed concern that some passages in the Bible or the Catechism of the Catholic Church could be deemed offensive under Scotland’s new hate crime legislation and that “vexatious” complaints under the law are now likely. Source: Angelus News.