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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
UNDA enters historic partnership with St Mary’s University
The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, which will provide joint opportunities for both staff and students.
Cardinal Becciu resigns as prefect, Cardinal Pell applauds Pope’s actions
In a move apparently related to Vatican financial scandals, Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s resignation as prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes and his renunciation of the rights associated with being a cardinal, the Vatican announced on 24 September.
The Fourth Australian Plenary Council: September 1937 – Part 1
This is the third part of the seventh in the series of articles looking at the particular councils of the Catholic Church in Australia held between 1844 and 1937 by Peter J Wilkinson. It examines the background and factors leading to the Fourth Plenary Council of Australia & New Zealand held in Sydney from 4 to 12 September 1937, which brought all the particular churches of both nations for the second time.
Catholic hospitals welcome telehealth funding extension, calls for permanency
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) believes the Federal Government’s decision to extend the current list of Medicare services delivered via telehealth to March 2021 is welcome, but that it should remain beyond the pandemic.
Identitywa’s Drew ticks off a life goal
Working towards independent living has been a major goal for 28-year-old Drew, supported by his parents Michelle and Vic.
Two adjacent Bateman Catholic schools explore process of amalgamation
At its August 2020 meeting, the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia (CECWA) gave its approval for the beginning of a consultation process to explore the amalgamation of Corpus Christi College and Yidarra Catholic Primary School from two separate (adjacent) schools into one K-12 college.
The Third Australian Plenary Council: September 1905 – Part 2
An important item on the 1905 Plenary Council agenda was the evangelisation of Australia’s Aboriginal peoples. The 1844 first Provincial Council made no mention of this ministry, but the 1869 second Provincial Council decreed that their “conversion” be confided to some male religious congregation, denounced the injustices committed against them, and recommended a special vicariate apostolic for north Queensland. The 1885 first Australasian Plenary produced six policy decrees (nn. 203-208) for ‘propagating the faith among the aborigines’ whom it considered ‘capable of and willing to embrace Christianity’, but the predominantly Irish bishops who had formulated the decrees generally ignored them. The 1895 second Australian Plenary Council merely endorsed the 1885 decrees.
Movie Review: Tenet
Sixty years ago, Rod Taylor hopped on a fancy sled for a loopy journey into the future in The Time Machine. Twenty-five years later, Michael J Fox went in the opposite chronological direction – with a DeLorean and much more comedy – in Back to the Future.
Pope: ‘Coronavirus vaccine must be for all, not just the wealthy’
As countries around the world scramble to find a vaccine for COVID-19, Pope Francis has again called for an ethical distribution of the vaccine to everyone, especially those who are struggling financially.
Francis: Impossible to bear tragic loss of a child without God’s help
Without God’s help, it is impossible to bear the tragic loss of a young life, Pope Francis said.
