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Bishops’ Ad Limina visit

November 2011

In response to the promise of the Australian bishops to bring the issue of Bishop Morris’ termination of appointment as Bishop of Toowoomba to their visit to Rome last month, they produced a statement noting multiple meetings with Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Bishop Saunders on Curtin Detention Centre

November 2011

With the report recently of a Sri Lankan man in his mid-20s found dead in Villawood Detention Centre after getting refugee status, Bishop Saunders recent comments have even greater importance. He has branded Curtin detention centre a “chamber of horrors” where detainees were ever more depressed, and felt hopeless.

Only a third of marriages take place in Church

November 2011

Healing those suffering post-abortion trauma

November 2011

Domus Australia opens in Rome

November 2011

National Charismatic Retreat for Priests and Religious

November 2011

Good Sams honour long-time ministry colleague

October 2011

The Good Oil (August 2011), the Good Samartitan Sisters e-magazine reported that twenty Good Samaritan Sisters travelled to Lawson in New South Wales in July to celebrate the eightieth birthday of their long-time friend and ministry colleague, Father Arthur Hackett.

Dual aspects to the war in Afghanistan for many Australians

October 2011

Richard Tanter, peace policy analyst, offers a set of proposals to help discuss ways of responding to the war in Afghanistan in an article in Disarming Times, Pax Christi Australia’s journal, August 2011.

Hearing God’s Call: An Audio Introduction to the Catholic Faith

October 2011

A new resource produced by the Catholic Enquiry Centre, Hearing God’s Call: An Audio Introduction to the Catholic Faith, is an audio catechetical program specifically designed to meet the needs of adults in prison.

Welfare of human beings must outweigh policy decisions

October 2011

Following the announcement of the Australian Government’s deal with Malaysia, the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) called on all political parties to strive for a more humanised approach to dealing with clandestine migration.

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