Early in January it was announced that Australia and Timor-Leste would terminate the 2006 Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS). This opens the way for negotiations on establishing Timor’s permanent maritime borders and the use of undersea resources (namely, oil and gas) in the Timor Sea. The use, and profit, of … Continue reading All at Sea
Nonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace 1. At the beginning of this New Year, I offer heartfelt wishes of peace to the world’s peoples and nations, to heads of state and government, and to religious, civic and community leaders. I wish peace to every man, woman and child, and I pray that the image … Continue reading Pope Francis’s Message for World Day of Peace 2017
Sixteen years ago Patricia Will heard from a friend working in Malawi that the newborn babies were being taken home wrapped in newspaper. She decided to challenge some people in her parish in Bexley to make matinee jackets and shifts to replace the newspapers. Skip forward a decade-and-a-half and that group, now with 35-plus members … Continue reading Gabbies Sewing Angels – From Parish to the World
From the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney: New Zealand One Step Closer to First Saint Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese, 5 Dec 2016 New Zealand’s Suzanne Aubert declared venerable by Pope Francis Suzanne Aubert, the founder of the Sisters of Compassion New Zealand’s home grown order of Sisters, has been declared ‘venerable’, a major milestone on the … Continue reading A New Zealand Saint?
From the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference on the occasion of the International Day of People with a Disability 2017, a letter from Bishop Terry Brady to you: Dear Friends in Christ, It is appropriate that we observe and celebrate the International Day of People with Disability as we prepare during the Advent season for the … Continue reading Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want
