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Tributes for Tim Fischer
Tributes have flowed in for the former Ambassador to the Holy See Tim Fischer following his death on August 22 after a long battle with leukaemia.
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Tributes have flowed in for the former Ambassador to the Holy See Tim Fischer following his death on August 22 after a long battle with leukaemia.
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The Bishops Commission for the Plenary Council and its Executive Committee have met in Adelaide for the first time, 14 months before the Council’s opening session.
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The final report of the Listening and Dialogue phase of the Plenary Council has been published and is now available to the public.
Pope Francis has appointed Fr Shane Mackinlay, currently Master of Catholic Theological College Melbourne and a parish priest in Ballarat, the next Bishop of Sandhurst.
The Catholic Church is developing new national policy guidelines to strengthen and standardise Church authorities’ responses to historical and contemporary concerns and allegations of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
Human rights lawyer Father Frank Brennan has urged Australians to put their faith in current Indigenous members of Parliament to find the right words for a referendum on constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
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