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Abortion bill a matter of life and death, Australian bishop says
- Aug 2, 2018
Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia encouraged members of parliament to look beyond the “worn-out ideologies and tricky language” behind a bill to legalize abortion in Queensland.

By Catholic News Agency
Australian court staffer fired for reading charges against Cardinal Pell
- May 16, 2018
An Australian state court employee has been fired for looking up in a restricted computer system details of charges facing a senior Vatican cleric, court officials said on Wednesday.

By Associated Press
Cardinal’s alleged abuse victims end testimony in Australia
- Mar 14, 2018
The alleged victims of the most senior Vatican official charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis finished testifying to an Australian court Wednesday.

By Associated Press

Assisted suicide legislation advances in Australia’s Victoria state
- Oct 19, 2017
Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne and leaders from several Christian denominations joined together to sign a letter protesting the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill being discussed in the parliament of the Australian state of Victoria. They said that euthanasia and assisted suicide “represent the abandonment of those who are in greatest need of our care and support.”

By Catholic News Agency
Beginning fight against abuse charges, Pell says he’ll plead ‘not guilty’
- Jul 26, 2017
Australian Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Melbourne early on Wednesday, fighting to clear his name from what police have described as ‘multiple’ complaints of ‘historical sexual offenses.’ In the brief hearing, Pell’s lawyer said he would “maintain his innocence” and the next hearing was set for Oct. 6.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Defiant and determined, Pell says he now has chance to clear his name
- Jun 29, 2017
Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, will be returning to Australia to face decades-old charges of sexual offenses against minors, charges he has consistently denied. At a brief appearance before journalists in Rome this morning, the cardinal says he now has a chance finally to clear his name.

By Austen Ivereigh

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