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Child sexual abuse in schools Royal Commission submission

National consistent child safety laws and protocols for reporting to police are part of the Truth Justice and Healing Council’s (TJHC) recommendations to the Royal Commission’s Issues Paper 9: Addressing the risk of child sexual abuse in schools, according to a media statement issued this week.

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Royal Commission releases child sexual abuse redress and civil litigation findings

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has made a wide-ranging raft of recommendations to governments across Australia relating to redress for survivors of child sexual abuse and reforms to legal processes involved in bringing abuse claims to court.

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National consistent child safety laws and protocols for reporting to police are part of the Truth Justice and Healing Council’s recommendations to the Royal Commission’s Issues Paper 9: Addressing the risk of child sexual abuse in schools, according to a media statement issued this week. IMAGE: Sourced

Bishop Long welcomes announcement Australia will accept 12,000 more refugees

“Australia has a primary obligation to protect desperately vulnerable people and so I welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement that an extra 12,000 refugees will be accepted from Syria and Iraq.”

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A banner from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference webiste promoting it’s Social Justice Statement for 2015-16 entitled ‘For those who come across the seas”. GRAPHIC: ACBC

Catholic Church calls for nationally consistent child sex abuse police reporting law

The Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council has this week called for the introduction of a new, consistent nation-wide criminal law requiring the reporting to the police of suspected child sexual abuse.

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National consistent child safety laws and protocols for reporting to police are part of the Truth Justice and Healing Council’s recommendations to the Royal Commission’s Issues Paper 9: Addressing the risk of child sexual abuse in schools, according to a media statement issued this week. IMAGE: Sourced

New e-publication highlights Lay Pastoral Ministry in action

A new e-publication is being launched nationally today, focusing on the unsung heroes of our parishes, hospitals and prisons, those working in lay pastoral ministry, across Australia.

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The Australian Catholic Council for Lay Pastoral Ministry (ACCLPM) is producing the first e-publication of its kind in Australia. GRAPHIC: Supplied

Caritas responds to Myanmar flooding

Caritas Australia has last week reported that is working with its local partner, Caritas in Myanmar (Karuna Mission Social Solidarity [KMSS]), in assisting those who’ve been affected by Cyclone Komen.

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A woman stands among the rubble of a destroyed building hit by tornado in Sittwe, Myanmar on 27 July. PHOTO: CNS

Church alive in Brisbane, says Papal Nuncio

The Catholic Leader has last week reported that claims the Catholic Church is dying are nothing but “false impressions”, according to Australia’s Papal Nuncio.

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Generous hosts: Archbishop Mark Coleridge, left, Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, Bishop Joseph Oudeman, Ray and Carolyn Campbell. PHOTO: The Catholic Leader

Church without frontiers, Mother to all

Migrants and refugees need our special attention and care, as they are our brothers and sisters, Bishop Vincent Long said this week in celebration of the 101st World Day of Migrants and Refugees.

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The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office has also produced a pastoral resource kit available to assist parishes in celebrating the day. GRAPHIC: Supplied

National Children’s Commissioner to launch report on children’s safety

Australia’s National Children and Young People’s Commissioner, Megan Mitchell, has this week launched a report in Canberra that looked at children and young people’s views on safety in institutions.

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L-R Dr Tim Moore, Senior Research Fellow at ICPS; Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner; Professor Morag McArthur, Director ICPS. PHOTO: Supplied

The joy of the pilgrimage to headline Cursillo Conference

The Australian Catholic Cursillo Movement’s biennial National Encounter will take place in October, with a particular focus on pilgrimage, entitled The Joy of the Pilgrim Heart.

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The joy of the pilgrim is an appropriate focus for a national Catholic Cursillo conference to be held in Canberra in October. PHOTO: Supplied

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