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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Hundreds gather to acknowledge loss and pain
Dozens of white dove-shaped balloons were released into the air on Saturday March 29 outside St Mary’s Cathedral in honour of the International Day of the Unborn Child.
We must work together for our kids
The Archdiocese of Perth launched its Sacramental Policy for School Aged Children at the Vietnamese Catholic Centre in Westminster on March 20, in front of educators, clergy, and members of advocacy.
Let what is true in the world be the Whestone
One Church Father suggests we ought to forget the safe and the secure if we want to inculcate the faith, Dr Andrew Kania writes. An only-apparent Christian environment could be toxic to our immediate or ongoing conversion. At the same time, there is wisdom in the secular and non-Christian which a love of true learning, illuminated by grace, will not reject.
Australia views Pakistani treatment
Catholic Health Australia chair Rowena McNally toured Pakistan’s health system with Fr Robert McCulloch in January, an Australian who has worked to improve health and education in that country for more than 30 years.
In Chile, Caritas moves materials into area hit by quake, aftershocks
Caritas Chile has continued moving materials into an area of northern Chile hit hard by an April 1 earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks, which have prevented some people from sleeping in their homes.
Holy Land Catholic leaders: Stop speaking of Christian persecution
Repeated references to persecution of Christians, “usually referring only to what Christians suffer at the hands of criminals claiming to be Muslims, plays into the hands of extremists,” said Catholic leaders in the Holy Land.
Bishop Pates urges U.S. to take ‘clear stance against torture’
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace said he welcomed the possible release of a Senate intelligence committee report that says the CIA used torture techniques in interrogating some terror suspects after 9/11.
Social service advocates seek to reframe how Americans view poverty
Concerned with widely held negative perceptions about people who live in poverty, advocates attending the National Poverty Summit pledged to reframe how Americans see their poor neighbours and to work to build stronger relationships across economic classes.
Vitality not a problem for Keralites
More than a thousand people flocked to Holy Family Parish Maddington to attend a March 16-20 retreat organised by Perth-based Syro Malabar Catholics from Kerala, South India.
Chiara’s charism for unity lives on at Perth event
Perth joined Wellington in being one of the first cities in the Oceania to begin a week of worldwide celebrations on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the passing of Chiara Lubich, Catholic founder of the ecumenical Focolare Movement.
