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Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for April
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for April: Freedom from Addiction – We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied. When we hear of addicts we usually think of other people,...
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Cardinal Pell and the Victorian Criminal Justice System
Cardinal George Pell has been acquitted of all charges of child sexual abuse by Australia’s highest court – the High Court of Australia. In criminal cases, they usually sit only a bench of five...
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Pope calls for consideration of ‘universal basic wage’ for unprotected workers
Pope Francis writes a letter to Popular Movements and community organisations on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic response, calling for the consideration of a possible “Universal Basic...
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Spiritual Closeness in a Time of Social Distancing: Seven Suggestions
A message from Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Newark 1 April 2020 As Christians, we encounter Jesus in his people—our families and friends, our neighbours and fellow parishioners,...
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Jesuit Refugee Service on the COVID-19 front line
The latest impacts of COVID-19 from on the ground in Western Sydney COVID-19 is creating an avalanche of need on the ground. “More people are in crisis than ever before,” says Katie Spiroski, Jesuit...
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Can’t go home if there’s no home to go to
The COVID-19 pandemic came swiftly and without any warning to turn our lives upside down. But while many of us are living the routine of our lives very differently now, people who are homeless or...
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Caritas supporting local Churches in fighting COVID-19
Caritas Internationalis launches a new “COVID-19 Response Fund” to help support the efforts of local Churches as they assist those suffering the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis...
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COVID-19 knows no borders, but neither do faith, hope, and love
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and President of Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, urges the faithful to beat the coronavirus with a faith that...
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Wise counsel: keeping people together through COVID-19
At a time when coronavirus is keeping people apart, a church counselling service is bringing people together – virtually. The move to online counselling has been so well received, the Diocese of...
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CatholicCare chaplain: ‘It’s a ministry I love profoundly’
In a year which began with catastrophic bushfires and moved straight into the socially isolating effects of the COVID-19 virus, the need for a caring presence to help people with mental health...
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SOS call for refugees hit by job losses
A refugee and asylum seeker charity has reported a six-fold surge in calls for help as the coronavirus pandemic bites deep into the lives of those most vulnerable. Many refugees and asylum seekers...
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A reflection on International Mother Earth Day
April 22 is the United Nation’s International Mother Earth Day. It might seem a little sentimental to refer to the earth as our mother. Yet the description goes back a long way. In the ancient world,...
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Read the Mission Outreach newsletter online
The Mission Outreach is a newsletter of the Australian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Mission Office. Its aim is to inform the people of Australia of our Missionary Outreach to those in need which...
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Statement by Cardinal Charles Bo
Statement by Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, in Response to the Call of Pope Francis for a Global Ceasefire because of the Global Pandemic of Coronavirus (The President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’...
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Pope at audience on Earth Day: common action needed to protect ‘our garden-home’
Holding his weekly general audience on the 50th Earth Day on Wednesday, Pope Francis called for common action and ecological conversion that lead to a deeper love for our common home and our brothers...
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Schools unite to support ‘Ignite’: COVID-19 community outreach
As we continue to adjust to a new reality of social distancing, isolation and economic downtown much of the focus from our news outlets has been on health, employment, education and the availability...
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Sign the Catholic petition to leave no one behind during the COVID-19 pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic tightens its grip, people seeking protection and migrants in vulnerable situations have been left with no safety net. Our government has excluded them from all support...
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Coronavirus: how to stay sane
The end of the world is not nigh, despite fears sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the reassuring mental health message from Mark Buhagiar, head of clergy health for the Diocese of...
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A reflection on Anzac Day
April 25 is Anzac Day In recent years, the public celebration of Anzac Day has been a little overblown. There has been a tendency to see in Anzac Day a symbol of the power of Australia, and a...
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Aid group commits A$8.5m to support religious serving communities most...
To help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the international pontifical charity serving the persecuted and suffering Church around the world, is providing...
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