Tasmania will join Victoria and Western Australia in legalising voluntary euthanasia, following the passage of a bill through the state’s lower house last night. Source: The Australian.
Catholic women are invited to participate in a national consultation with two bishops later this month and to mark their diaries for a national gathering in September. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Bishop Bede Heather, the first Bishop of Parramatta, was remembered yesterday as a man of humility and great faith at his funeral at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Pope Francis has sent a video message to the people of Iraq, sharing a message of peace, fraternity and comfort ahead of his four-day trip to the country that begins today. Source: Vatican News.
A cut to the Jobseeker payment, increasing domestic violence and drug use are some of the major challenges facing South Australia’s Centacare Catholic Family Services in the months ahead, says new director Sarah McRae. Source: The Southern Cross.
Melbourne teacher Christina Staunton-Burke has chalked up 50 years of service to Catholic schools – that’s a quarter of Catholic education’s 200-year history in Australia. Source: Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools.
Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra is a documentary on the Australian modern dance company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, that deserves to be seen. Source: Jesuit Media.
Reading the Bible has had a positive effect on people’s “mental wellbeing” during the pandemic, according to a Christian research survey conducted in the United Kingdom. Source: Crux.
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