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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Relief as people take precedence over deadlines
Catholic Social Services Australia, the national network of Catholic social services, has last week welcomed Federal Minister Scott Morrison’s decision to extend the current contracts of community organisations whose funding had been cut with a mere two months to wind services down.
World day of prayer, reflection and action against human trafficking
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) and Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) support His Holiness Pope Francis in declaring Sunday, 8 February 2015, the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, as a world day of prayer, reflection and action against human trafficking.
Australia Day Honour fitting tribute for Education leader
Decades spent improving education in Western Australia and across the country has been recognised with former National Catholic Education Commission chair Therese Temby this week being named an officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO)
Project Compassion focuses on food for life during Lent
On 15 February, Caritas Australia, the international aid and development organisation of the Catholic Church, will launch its annual Project Compassion appeal – one of Australia’s largest humanitarian campaigns.
Global euthanasia opponents to stand strong in Adelaide
In light of Pope Francis’ recent comments to Italian Catholic doctors against the evils of euthanasia, the announcement of the Hope International Symposium in Adelaide this year is a timely one.
Response efforts under way for Typhoon Hagupit
Caritas Australia has this week reported that the response to the clean-up following the destruction caused by Typhoon Hagupit is well under way.
Fr Rob Galea Strikes a New Chord
The Shepparton priest released his new and much awaited acoustic album, Something About You, to the delight of thousands of expectant fans on October 25.
Pilgrims flock to Adelaide in search of Vocation
More than 50 young men and women from the Neocatechumenal Way in Perth undertook a pilgrimage to Adelaide earlier this year in search of their vocation.
Catholic Church calls for national abuse redress scheme
A submission from the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council to the child abuse Royal Commission has called for a mandatory national victims’ redress scheme operated by Government but funded by the institutions responsible for the abuse.
Caritas celebrates 50 years of solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Caritas Australia started in the early 1960s among lay Catholics who wanted to make a difference on issues of social justice. To tackle the issues of hunger and poverty, they created the Catholic Overseas Relief Committee in 1964.
