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- Jan 28, 2020
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Australian archbishop rejects breaking seal of confession for abusers
- Jan 17, 2020
The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference is the latest of the country’s senior clerics to push back against legislation to lift the seal of confession for child sexual abuse.
Committee to recommend Australian bishops give laity certain controls
- Jan 16, 2020
A six-person committee charged with reviewing church governance and management is expected to present Australia’s bishops with a plan to overhaul the management of the Church in the country.
‘No end in sight to the horror’: Australian bishops respond to fires
- Jan 11, 2020
Saying that “there is no end in sight to the horror which confronts us,” Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said the bishops have implemented a national response to months of wildfires.
Australian government revising religious discrimination legislation
- Dec 6, 2019
The Australian government has decided to revisit its religious discrimination legislation after key religious groups — including the Archdiocese of Sydney — said they would withdraw their support.
Australian court to say if will hear Cardinal Pell’s appeal
- Nov 11, 2019
The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children will learn this week whether Australia’s highest court will hear his appeal against convictions for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago.
Australia to amend religious freedom bills to consider health facilities
- Oct 17, 2019
The Australian government said it will make changes to religious freedom legislation concerning religious hospitals and aged-care facilities, after the Catholic Church pushed for changes to a recently released draft legislation package.
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