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Christmas concert shines spotlight on modern slavery
The Perth Catholic community came together at Aquinas College for an evening of music and reflection on the issue of modern slavery in Australia and the world today. Source: Australian Catholic Anti-Slavery Network.
Voters support funding aged care wage rise
A federal pledge to fund a pay rise for aged care workers has gained 59 per cent support from Australians ahead of the likely $1.8 billion annual cost of the move. Source: The Age.
Pope prays for peace in South Sudan
Pope Francis says he is following with concern the news about violent clashes in South Sudan, ahead of his February ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to the East African country. Source: Vatican News.
Love, reconciliation needed to heal Myanmar’s wounds: Cardinal Bo
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon says the Church in Myanmar is wounded and displaced as thousands of people are forced to flee their homes, villages are burned and churches are destroyed amid the conflict triggered by last year’s military coup. Source: UCA News.
Northern Territory Government won’t rush to introduce euthanasia laws
The Northern Territory Government will not commit to legislating for voluntary euthanasia before the 2024 election. Source: NT News.
Special Mass marks reopening of Hobart’s St Mary’s Cathedral
St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart has been officially reopened after extensive restoration work over the past five months. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Nothing is impossible for God, not even peace in Ukraine: Pope
Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the world to join him in entrusting to Mary “the universal desire for peace, especially for the martyred Ukraine, which is suffering so much”. Source: CNS.
Oceania facing two major threats, online conference told
Solving the threat of rising sea levels and deep-sea mining in Oceania will require methods that bring science and the human experience together, guests heard at a world-first online conference held last week. Source: ACU.
Career-changers to help fill NSW teacher shortage
A collaboration between Catholic education in the Parramatta and Bathurst dioceses and the not-for-profit Teach For Australia will see eight career-changers become teachers in Western Sydney schools next year. Source: ABC News.