Pacific
Pacific
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Caritas launches appeal to help Tonga
Caritas Australia is raising funds to support communities affected by the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai undersea volcano in Tonga.
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
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Archbishop Porteous defends ‘modest’ bill
Hobart Archbishop Julian Porteous has defended the Morrison Government’s proposed Religious Discrimination Bill, saying that the legislation would recognise the importance of preventing religious discrimination. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Disability
Disability
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Legally blind priest sees a blessing in his disability
Australian Jesuit Fr Justin Glyn is featured in the latest episode of a Vatican video series highlighting the lives and contributions of people with disability in the Church. Source: Dicastery of Laity, Family and Life.
Ministry
Ministry
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Pope Francis to confer new lay ministries for first time
Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector and acolyte upon lay men and women for the first time in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, the Vatican announced. Source: CNA.
Social Services
Social Services
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Social services system has ‘capacity to ruin lives’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been warned the social services system has “the capacity to ruin lives” if the Government does not take urgent action. Source: The Australian.
People
People
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Canice’s Kitchen serves hope and a helping hand
Giving hope and a helping hand is all in a day’s work for Maria Arema, a life coach based at Canice’s Kitchen who serves people who experience homelessness or isolation in Darlinghurst, in Sydney’s inner-east. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
United States
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Catholic parish helped families of Texas synagogue hostages
At one point during the synagogue hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, interfaith leaders stationed at a Catholic church began a theological discussion about why bad things happen to good people. Source: Crux.
Abuse Crisis
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Wait for abuse report before casting blame, says lawyer
A canon lawyer has cast doubts on accusations against retired Pope Benedict XVI over possible negligence as Germans await publication of a report on how leaders of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising handled cases of historical abuse. Source: The Tablet.
International
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Abortion the leading cause of death in 2021
Abortion was the leading cause of death globally in 2021, according to data aggregation site Worldometer. Source: Eternity News.
Media Releases
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