Bishop Vincent Long responded on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops to a High Court finding on 3 February 2016 that the offshore processing of the refugee status claims of asylum seekers is not contrary to Australian law. He called for compassion and mercy for families currently in Australia who… Read More »Protect Asylum Seekers say Australian Bishops
Bishop Terence Brady issued a message for the International Day of People with Disability 2015 on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. He is the Conference’s Delegate for Disability Issues and a member of the Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life. Bishop Brady noted that “according to the 2011 National… Read More »Bishops Call for Inclusion of People with Disability
Archbishop Denis Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference offered condolences and deep sympathy for the victims of terror attacks in France. He called for unity among cultures and expressed special concern that Australians of Middle Eastern backgrounds should not be vilified as a result of the attacks. He… Read More »Australian Bishops Call for Unity
In this address to the Pacific Partnership for Human Development in December 1988, Bishop Peter Cullinane of Palmerston North in New Zealand, sets out clearly the position of Catholic Social Teaching regarding social sin and structures of sin. He systematically addresses the following claims: Evil exists not only in the… Read More »Social Sin Sinful Structures
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s social justice statement for 2015-2016 is titled For Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas, making reference to the second verse of the national anthem. It is a strong call for justice for refugees and asylum seekers. The Bishops critique the policy responses of successive Australian governments… Read More »Justice for Refugees
The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, Anthony Fisher, has called on the Australian government to welcome more refugees from Syria and Iraq who are from persecuted minorities. He commended the government’s announcement that it would increase the proportion of Australia’s refuge intake from Syria but said that “the overall refugee… Read More »Welcome More Refugees – Sydney Archbishop
