Tag: Asylum Seekers

Pope Francis’ recent comments about the sinfulness of intentionally repelling migrants should make Australian Catholics pause for thought. After years of tough border protection policies we have surely guilty of failing to be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, writes Julie Macken from the Justice and Peace Office.

Catholic parishioners of the remote Western Australian Indigenous town of Beagle Bay said hosting a group of lost asylum seekers in February was a simple matter of charity.

Six agonising years of separation have ended for Catholic couple Morris Mukasa and Teddy Nakalembe with the safe arrival of their children in Sydney.

While we journey through Advent, preparing for Christmas, Bishop Anthony Randazzo of Broken Bay asks we give some time and prayer to those who undertake perilous journeys – fleeing conflict and persecution to seek asylum in a safer place.

Bishop of Broken Bay Anthony Randazzo has urged the country’s leaders to take a compassionate approach to people who seek asylum.

One wouldn’t consider a teacher leading her class to school to be offensive, but for a young woman in Afghanstan it would be grounds...

Refugee advocates are urgently calling for volunteers and aid as COVID-19 forces asylum seekers, refugees, into unemployment and poverty.

Catholic leaders urged PM to provide safety net Catholic leaders from across the country have called on the Federal Government to provide urgent support to...

Sydney Catholic Early Childhood Services will open its doors from early next year to children of asylum seekers as part of a grassroots movement...

Catholic agencies welcome new report on effects of long delays for immigration status on refugees.

https://youtu.be/cFFwxFTepYM Bishops pray in Rome for Indigenous communities Praying at the tomb of St Paul is an obligatory part of the 'ad limina' visits every bishop...