A bill that would legalise voluntary euthanasia has been launched by ACT leader David Seymour. The controversial issue is the subject of a parliamentary inquiry, following Wellington lawyer Lecretia Seales’ bid for the courts to rule in favour of assisted suicide. Seales died in June after a long battle with cancer. Just hours before she Read more
Actor Meryl Streep has said that the Catholic Church is contributing to “infuriating” levels of sexism in the world. Speaking at the London Film Festival last week, Streep said “the Church is a body that excludes people”. “There are two places you [women] can’t vote in the world – in Saudi Arabia, although they are Read more
A Catholic agency may have to stop arranging adoptions if a Victorian bill that allows same-sex couples to jointly adopt children becomes law. Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart and CatholicCare have called for protection for faith-based groups that do not want to give adoption services to same-sex couples. But, under the Victorian government’s bill, faith-based groups Read more
Sandra Marx was dismissed by Southern Cross Campus in May 2013 for serious misconduct, and has filed for unjustified dismissal and bullying with the Employment Relations Authority. She is claiming that the dismissal is a result of discrimination. When a family member of Ms Marx’s died, she alleges the school did not offer her the Read more
A Catholic church is to be built in Flat Bush. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, has confirmed the church will be built on Chapel Road, Flat Bush, on land owned by the Catholic Diocese of Auckland. The land is opposite Barry Curtis Park near the school campus shared by Sancta Maria Catholic Read more
A US priest has pleaded not guilty to charges that came after he pointed a functioning but unloaded musket at an 8-year-old boy. Fr Kevin Carter of New Jersey was charged with child endangerment and aggravated assault. Authorities said the September 13 incident was spurred by a football rivalry, but Fr Carter maintained that it Read more
Australian Bishop Peter Elliott is among dozens of converts to Catholicism who have asked the synod on the family to uphold Church teaching on marriage. More than 100 converts signed an open letter to the synod fathers and the Pope. The signatories include such prominent converts as Scott and Kimberley Hahn, Mark Regnerus and John Read more