Urgent Support Call for Asylum Seekers Catholic leaders from across the country have called on the Federal Government to provide urgent support to temporary visa holders and the release of asylum seekers from detention, saying they are at unacceptable risk during the coronavirus pandemic. On 28 April they made public the concerns they raised in … Continue reading Urgent support call for asylum seekers
Pastoral Message for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker 2020 Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service, issued a Pastoral Message for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker entitled “Social Solidarity in a Time of Social Distancing”. The Message and accompanying video focus on … Continue reading Pastoral Message for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker 2020
We won’t leave anyone behind in a pandemic While many, if not all of us will be making many changes to our lives in light of the COVID-19 situation, we must bear in mind the people who are particularly vulnerable at this time. As the pandemic tightens its grip it is clear that thousands of … Continue reading We won’t leave anyone behind in a pandemic
MEDIA RELEASE: Australian Catholics ask Prime Minister to ensure nobody is left behind in COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday 28 April 2020 On 7th April 2020, an historic group of Australian Catholics – including a number of Australian Catholic Bishops; Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), the peak body for more than 5,000 members of Religious Orders; and the … Continue reading MEDIA RELEASE: Australian Catholics ask Prime Minister to ensure nobody is left behind in COVID-19 pandemic
Peace as a Journey of Hope: Dialogue, Reconciliation and Ecological Conversion Pope Saint Paul VI instituted the World Day of Peace in 1968. The Church celebrates it each year on 1 January and the Pope issues a special World Day of Peace Message for the occasion. The theme for the World Day of Peace Message … Continue reading World Day of Peace 2020
