Tag: Refugees

Parish social justice groups are helping refugees settle into their new country.

Southern Lebanon is largely Shia Muslim, but there are a handful of predominantly Christian villages – Melkite Catholics, Maronite Catholics and Greek Orthodox. These have been spared, along with Druze villages, as they were not harbouring Hezbollah militants. But their residents have been cut off from the rest of the country; they live on islands in a sea of destruction.

Catholic bishops urge Australians to reflect on the values of compassion, justice and hope as Catholic communities prepare to mark the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 5 October.

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.

Around 150 people made a 41km prayer walk across Sydney on 6 April to raise awareness and funds for Christian families fleeing the war in Gaza, as advocates scramble to secure them housing and other support.

The “devastated” Australian Armenian community is urging the Federal Government to send aid to its homeland as it struggles to cope with a growing humanitarian crisis.

The archdiocesan Justice and Peace Office has joined Catholic bodies across Australia in welcoming a new pathway for refugees to find a permanent home...

Just arriving in Australia after fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion was more than many refugees could have dreamt of. Little did they know when...

Violent extremism experts say that resettling former “ISIS brides” and their children will be an extremely delicate matter, but local politicians in Western Sydney...

Parents forced to flee Uganda for their lives in 2017 appeal for help to be reunited with their children It’s been more than five years...

Sydney Catholic Schools is opening its doors and heart to families fleeing war-torn Ukraine to find safety and a future The three things Mark Koshel...

In over four decades of priestly ministry, the 74 year old Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel has lived an extraordinary life.