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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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 […]

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Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci apologies to Stolen Generation

Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci has last week apologised unreservedly to members of the Stolen Generation who were abused at the Garden Point Catholic Mission on the Tiwi more than 50 years ago.

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Fr Danny Meagher named Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney

Father Danny Meagher will be installed as an Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney on 8 December, serving alongside Bishop’s Terry Brady and Richard Umbers. Photo: Supplied. Pope Francis has appointed Sydney priest Fr Danny Meagher, the former rector of Good Shepherd Seminary, an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) confirmed on 18 November. ...
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Catholic bishops endorse Uluru Statement from the Heart

Uluru is located in the Northern Territory. Photo: Adobe. Australia’s Catholic bishops, on the recommendation of their key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisers, have endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference made the decision as it gathered online for its biannual meeting earlier this month. The bishops’ consideration of the matt...
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Perth priest recognised with highest honour for lifetime contribution to health and education

Perth priest Rev Dr Joe Parkinson has last week been awarded the Catholic Health Australia 2021 Sr Maria Cunningham Lifetime Contribution Award.

The award recognises Dr Parkinson’s work over the past 40 years, in particular his contributions to St John of God Health Care, one of Australia’s largest Catholic providers of health care services, and his impact on the community through a lifetime of bioethics writing, teaching and consultancy across health, aged care and education.

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Victorian Government aims to undermine faith, conscience

Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli has last week written to all members of the Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Melbourne expressing grave concerns about new legislation which will seriously diminish the rights of religious organisations to manage their activity according to their faith and conscience.

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