The Catholic Weekly 8 May 2022

SUNDAY 8 May, 2022 CatholicWeekly The www.catholicweekly.com.au THE CHURCH. ALL OF IT SHATTERED FOUNDATIONS $2 together a just world Forging www.caritas.org.au | 1800 024 413 Is the US about to reverse Roe vWade? P6 Family Matters Catholics reveal the real issues that matter in this election. A s Australians prepare to go to the polls in the federal election on 21 May, The Catholic Weekly has sat down with families in south-west Sydney who are pleading with the major polit- ical parties to do more to ease the crippling fi- nancial pressures they’re facing amid a soaring cost of living over recent years. Over morning tea after the 10am Sunday Mass at Holy Spirit parish in Carnes Hill, the families agree that the time they spend at Mass eachweek is a welcome relief to distract them from the day-to-day pressures they are battling from record high petrol costs and grocery bills, as well as the fear of looming interest rate rises over coming months. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ELECTION 2022 ¾ Michael Kenny Mario and Frances Isaac with their children Isabel and Emmanuel. PHOTO: Giovanni Portelli