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Australian bill would allow legalization of assisted suicide, euthanasia in territories

August 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Aug 2, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Lawmakers in the Australian Parliament have proposed a bill to allow two of Australia’s ten territories to legalize euthanasia and assisted suici… […]

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Final Australian state allows euthanasia and assisted suicide, rejecting religious exemptions

May 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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Denver Newsroom, May 19, 2022 / 16:58 pm (CNA).
New South Wales has become the sixth and final Australian state to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. Its legislation forces health care and e… […]

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Australia’s Catholic bishops elect new leader

May 6, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Sydney, Australia, May 6, 2022 / 01:45 am (CNA).
Australia’s Catholic… […]

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Catholic diocese in Australia found vicariously liable for clerical abuse

January 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. / Nickbenanh via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Melbourne, Australia, Jan 21, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In a ruling believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, a judge has found a Catholic diocese vicari… […]

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Synodality and the Catholic Church in Australia

January 20, 2022 Peter John McGregor 40

Pope Francis’s call for a more synodal Church is still something that has been more discussed than implemented. The 2022 Synod on Synodality will continue the discussion. However, there are a least two places in […]

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Victoria anti-discrimination bill ‘unfairly targets’ religious organizations, archbishop says

December 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Parliament House for the state of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. / Stock photo via Shutterstock

Melbourne, Australia, Dec 7, 2021 / 16:31 pm (CNA).
Catholic leaders in Australia expressed concern this week about a new set of laws passed in t… […]

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The Church in Australia will soon hold a plenary council. What is that?

September 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney at a Vatican press conference Oct. 5, 2018. / Daniel Ibanez

Sydney, Australia, Sep 9, 2021 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
The Fifth Plenary Council of the Church in Australia is scheduled to take place Oct. 3-10, in Adelai… […]

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Bishop urges Queenslanders to oppose euthanasia, assisted suicide bill

September 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Brisbane, Australia, Sep 2, 2021 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Catholics in Australia’s Queensland state are being urged to sign a petition asking the parliament not to pass a bill that would allow for euthanas… […]

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Australian pro-lifers to march against proposed assisted suicide law

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

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Denver Newsroom, Aug 30, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Pro-life advocates in Queensland, Australia will hold a public March for Life ahead of parliamentary debate o… […]

Analysis

The strange case of Bishop Saunders leaves many questions unanswered

August 29, 2021 Christopher R. Altieri 33

So, the Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Christopher Saunders from the pastoral leadership of the Diocese of Broome in Australia. Bishop Saunders is 71 years-old. He has […]

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