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Archbishop Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP has used the first anniversary of the ACT Government’s hostile takeover of Calvary Hospital to warn Catholic faithful that religious freedom cannot be something taken for granted.

Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter's Basilica. | Credit: Vatican Media

Representatives of the Australian Catholic Medical Association, with the support of several Catholic moral theologians and bioethicists, have criticized a book published by the Pontifical Academy for Life for its lack of understanding of “current science” and specific areas of medicine.

COVID

Negotiators failed to submit final texts of the WHO’s pandemic agreement and amendments to the International Health Regulations before the May 24 deadline, but some critics of the proposals warned against celebrating prematurely.

CONTRACEPTION
Nurse Practitioner Robyn Strader

A Christian, pro-life nurse practitioner settled her federal religious discrimination lawsuit against CVS after it tried to pressure her to prescribe abortifacient contraceptives.

GENDER

Rachael Wong, CEO of Women’s Forum Australia, said the story was being used to promote greater access to gender-reassignment surgery in New Zealand.

MIRACLES
Blessed Carlo Acutis

POPE Francis has recognised a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, paving the way for him to become the first millennial saint.

California has already voted to legalize the composting of human remains in 2027, but some residents are not willing to wait that long.

EUTHANASIA
Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering

A 29-year-old Dutch woman who has been granted her request for assisted dying on the grounds of unbearable mental suffering is expected to end her life in the coming weeks, fuelling a debate across Europe over the issue.

EUTHANASIA
ACT MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO EUTHANASIA REGIME

The Australian Capital Territory is one step closer to legalising Australia’s most extreme euthanasia laws.

EUTHANASIA
Canadian archbishop fights for right of church hospice to refuse euthanasia

No-one ever slides up a slippery slope. They only ever go down. Euthanasia invariably involves a descent that is not so much like skidding to the foot of a steep hill as falling from a cliff. In no country in the world has this been quite as dramatic as in Canada.