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St Vincent de Paul Society Australia response to COVID-19 pandemic
St Vincent de Paul Society National Council President, Claire Victory, said vulnerable people will be deeply challenged by the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and by the economic impact of the...
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Imagine a world without access to clean water
According to the United Nations, 785 million people globally do not have access to clean water, and by 2030, 700 million may be displaced by water scarcity.[1] (The United Nations). In Africa alone,...
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A reflection on the Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21 is the Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the 60th Anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre During March, we are encouraged to reflect on discrimination against different...
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A reflection on World Water Day
March 22 is World Water Day When it is depicted in advertisements, water almost always has pleasant associations. Spruikers know that images of a sunny beach or of a quiet green river bend will help...
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Project Compassion 2020: Sakun’s Story
For each of the six weeks of Lent, the Diocese of Parramatta is sharing one of Caritas Australia’s feature stories of lives changed through support and empowerment programs. FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT –...
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Project Compassion 2020: Tawonga’s Story
For each of the six weeks of Lent, the Diocese of Parramatta is sharing one of Caritas Australia’s feature stories of lives changed through support and empowerment programs. FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT – 29...
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Join Caritas to help protect the world’s most vulnerable from coronavirus
As Australia intensifes its response to meet the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, Caritas Australia is urging thousands of school children, teachers, churches and community leaders across...
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Going online is the best medicine for Catholic Earthcare’s Convocation
Embracing an opportunity rather than cursing the virus is the best medicine for keeping up the momentum to care for our common home, according to the Director of Catholic Earthcare Australia, Bernard...
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Stay at home! But what if you are a homeless child?
COVID-19 is a threat to children living on the streets in Manila. Orphaned, abandoned and runaway children are among the most destitute in Filipino society. Surviving as best they can on the streets...
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Pope Francis’s Message for the 35th World Youth Day
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 35th WORLD YOUTH DAY 2020 “Young man, I say to you, arise!” (Lk 7:14) Dear Young People, In October 2018, with the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the...
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Project Compassion 2020: Dominic’s Story
For each of the six weeks of Lent, the Diocese of Parramatta is sharing one of Caritas Australia’s feature stories of lives changed through support and empowerment programs. SIXTH SUNDAY OF LENT – 5...
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Vatican Dicastery calls for efforts to confront water-related issues
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development publishes a document on the need to safeguard and care for the planet’s water reservoirs and provide clean water to all. Water is the...
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A reflection for Palm Sunday
April 5 is Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Each year on Palm Sunday, small groups in major Australian cities have marched to plead the cause of people who seek protection. This year,...
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To clothe the naked
We are all vulnerable and naked at our entry into this world and at our departure. We desperately need others to care for us. Like it or not, we are not in control. We are dependent. At such times,...
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A reflection on World Health Day
April 7 is the World Health Organisation’s World Health Day If we think of World Health Day, it is easy to be patronising. We do not associate it with our own society or with others like our own, but...
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A Time of Great Uncertainty
An Interview with Pope Francis Toward the end of March I suggested to Pope Francis that this might be a good moment to address the English-speaking world: the pandemic that had so affected Italy and...
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Book review: From the Underground Church to Freedom
Book Review – Tomáš Halík : From the Underground Church to Freedom : University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana 2019. Tomáš Halík is a Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian...
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Singer urges support to protect the world’s most marginalised
Australian singer, songwriter and musician, Gary Pinto is urging thousands of school children, teachers, churches and families across Australia during this challenging time, to stand in solidarity...
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ACN Australia launches national prayer campaign in response to the...
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has launched a national prayer campaign for the multitude of needs surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The charity has designed, printed and is distributing over...
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A reflection on the coronavirus pandemic
For most of us, the last two weeks have been like living in a washing machine on spin rinse. The speed of change has been bewildering and we have no compass to guide us in the world we have entered....
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