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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
‘Buy now pay later’ debt trap as low-income families look towards Christmas
In a statement released last week, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia Francis Sullivan said using BNPL companies including Afterpay, Zip Pay, Latitude and Sezzle, could lead to major debt problems in the New Year. Photo: Adobe Stock.
As low-income families around Australia look towards
Christmas and the cost of presents and celebrations, the temptation to ‘buy now
and pay late...
Plenary Members present final reports of First Assembly
An impassioned call for “a prayer for the future of our common home, Gospel for the home of our future generations” was made during the final reporting back on small group discernment by Plenary Council Members on conclusion of the First Assembly, Saturday 9 October.
The importance of beginning with Christ: An interview with Bishop Sproxton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtFft0gprQw
Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton spoke to The Record on Day Five of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council. Video: Max Hoh.
One of the lessons
learnt during the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council has been the
importance of beginning with Christ, said Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton.
Speaking in an
exclusive interview w...
Vulnerable renters face evictions in regional areas as inflation pressures build
Sky view of a regional town in central western New South Wales. Renters in regional Australia are facing forced evictions as inflation pressures push up the cost of housing and COVID 19 forces mass exodus from bigger cities. Photo: Adobe.
Renters
in regional Australia are facing forced evictions as inflation pressures push
up the cost of housing and COVID 19 forces mass exodus from bigger c...
Fruits of First Plenary Council Assembly published
Perth Members of the Plenary Council following the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on 10 December. Photo: Michelle Tan.
The fruits of the First General Assembly of the Fifth
Plenary Council of Australia have been gathered together in a new report that contains dozens of
proposals to shape the ongoing Council journey.
The more than 270 Plenary Council Members gathered online
for...
Life story comes to an end for Australian novelist, journalist, Desmond O’Grady
Desmond O’Grady meeting St John Paul II in this undated photo. Photo: Donatella O’Grady/Supplied.
Catholic journalist and novelist Desmond O’Grady has passed
away Friday 26 November at 91 years of age. O’Grady has published some articles
for The Record Magazine over the last couple of years.
O’Grady, who was born in Melbourne, also has several works
of fiction and non-fiction to his name...
Palms Australia’s ‘Neighbours without borders’ inspired by Fratelli Tutti
Palms Australia volunteers viewing an Indigenous map. Over 1550 Australians, at 103 Orientation Courses, have been prepared to engage in these challenging cross-cultural relationships to build understanding, acceptance, and care, and provide the assistance requested, across 41 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Photo: Supplied.
A concept of Pope Francis
expressed in “Fratelli Tutti...
In honour of Bishop Bill Wright
The Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle has last week published a moving tribute in honour of Bishop Bill Wright, who passed away Saturday 13 November. Source: Diocese of Maitland Newcastle.
Since being ordained as the eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle in 2011, Bishop Bill Wright immersed himself in the community.
He led the way in helping the Diocese walk alongside those who...
Inside Argos, the police task force that has rescued thousands of children from their abusers
By Ella Archibald-Binge, ABC news
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States Chief Operating Officer Michelle DeLaune said the organisation received more than 21 million reports last year, mostly from tech companies, regarding child sexual exploitation on their servers. The Children in the Pictures documentary is streaming now on SBS. Photo: Sourced....
Bishops elected as Australian delegates to Synod of Bishops
Adelaide Archbishop Patrick O’Regan and Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay have been elected Australia’s two delegates to the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to be held in 2023. The delegates were confirmed during the recent plenary meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. In March 2020, Pope Francis announced that the theme of the next Synod of Bishops would be “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission”. The Holy Father launched the international journey towards the celebration of the Synod in October this year, with local launches and a diocesan consultation phase commencing soon after. That local engagement will support the preparation of national syntheses, which will be followed by continental meetings. Australia’s bishops will collaborate […]
