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Australia’s Catholic bishops have joined the bishops of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in calling for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru to be resettled in Australia – eight years after the advent of mandatory offshore detention.
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A series of resources highlighting the impact of the Church’s ministries in Australia has been produced to assist parishes and communities in spreading the ‘good news’.
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A national centre for Catholic leadership and governance, involving women in the selection and formation of seminarians, giving lay people input into the placement of parish priests, making diocesan pastoral councils mandatory and maintaining a strong Catholic media…
The final version of a report into diocesan and parish governance will be published after a series of amendments and clarifications have been made, likely by mid-August.
The rescheduled dates for the two assemblies for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia have been confirmed by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
Adelaide Hills parish is one of 15 organisations to to be allocated funding from Catholic Emergency Relief Australia to support communities recovering from bushfires that devastated large parts of the country last summer.
While they may not be physically present for the installation of Archbishop Patrick O’Regan on Monday, the faithful of Adelaide will give a warm welcome to him through a video to be played before the service in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.
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