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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
West Virginia priest sides with miners in coal company’s bankruptcy
Until May 21, Father Andrew Switzer had a clean record. Then he got himself arrested. It happened in St. Louis during a rally by the United Mine Workers of America protesting the actions of Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal producer. The 33-year-old priest, two years out of the seminary, said it was the right thing to do two days after Pentecost even as the arrest was pre-arranged with local police.
Kiyshirah lines up school principalship for a day
Local student, Kiyshirah Ah-Thew will take over the top job at Majella Catholic Primary School, Balga, on June 6. Kiyshirah will act as “principal” as part of a national program being coordinated by Principals Australia Institute – Student Principal for a Day.
Congo losing a generation to war, says bishops’ conference president
Congo is losing a generation to war over diamonds and other minerals in the country’s eastern regions, said the president of the nation’s bishops’ conference.
WA icon artist to be ordained for Ukrainians
Perth teacher Richard Charlwood will be ordained to the minor orders of Lector and Sub-deacon in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church at Maylands on June 23.
The suffering deserve our prayers, not our analysis, pope says
Those who suffer are brothers and sisters Catholics must pray for, not cases to be analyzed or examples to be used in debates, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.
CLINIC marks 25 years of helping immigrants through church agencies
Like it was yesterday, Vanna Slaughter pulls from memory the details of what was happening when Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., known as CLINIC, was created — 25 years ago. When the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference established CLINIC as a legal services adjunct to the more policy-focused Migration and Refugee Services, the immediate goal was to provide legal support to Catholic agencies that were assisting with a new immigration law that was helping millions of people legalize their status.
New e-hospital conquers distance case by case
A new e-learning hospital specially designed for students enrolled in The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Diploma of Nursing program was launched at the Broome Campus on May 13.
In Venezuela, shortages include bread for Communion, sacramental wine
In Venezuela, sporadic shortages of basic goods can turn a roll of toilet paper into a rare commodity; add bread and wine to the list of scarce products. Catholic leaders in the South American country have advised priests to conserve what supplies they have as they search for an alternative supply to ease the shortage.
Could domestic abuse ever be funny?
There are some subjects that are so sensitive, so important, they should never be joked about under any circumstances at all …
Vatican’s U.N. observer stresses need to eradicate world hunger
Finding a solution to the “ongoing scandal” of worldwide hunger should be a top priority, said the Vatican’s representative to the United Nations. Addressing a U.N. General Assembly meeting on sustainable development goals May 23, Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, called it “a shame that so many of the poor people in the world continue to find themselves helpless victims of chronic hunger.”
