Topic: Refugees
Peace and justice at Christmas
January 13, 2015 ·
December 20, 2014 9:52 pm WITH Christmas coming, we see the shining stars and message of peace. So many need peace: peace of heart and mind, soul and spirit, in the family and in friendships, in community, and above all peace to end the violence in the land of Palestine, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. Over […]
Read More...The Values Down-Under
November 5, 2014 ·
Visiting Melbourne and Adelaide in South Australia has
awoken in me a new realization that human nature is the same everywhere in the world but social equality is not.In beautiful,friendly,wealthy and prosperous Australia the goodness and generosity of the people is apparent. It was encouraging and inspiring during my two week daily speaking tour to communities and colleges. In these well-off parishes and colleges I discovered a high sense of social justice in the heart of their Christianity and Catholicism.
WALANG PUSO | Traffickers 'laughed' as they capsized boat to drown refugees, children
October 10, 2014 ·
By: Ella Ide, Agence France-PresseSeptember 17, 2014 9:00 AM InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 ROME – Survivors of Europe’s most deadly migrant shipwreck in years have described the horrifying moment traffickers capsized their boat and left them to drown, as the EU cried murder and vowed to step up the fight against people smugglers. […]
Read More...High court verdict spells the end for Australian immigration detention as we know it
September 17, 2014 ·
The landmark hearing clearly set out the constitutional limits on detaining non-citizens. The federal government will now have to release or process thousands of asylum seekers Joyce Chia reporter theguardian.com, Thursday 11 September 2014 08.00 BST The policy of locking people up indefinitely… is unlawful under Australian law.’Photograph: AAP Thursday’s high court verdict, which dealt another […]
Read More...THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
December 18, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen When I was growing up, Christmas was a lovely childhood story of the baby Jesus born in a clean looking stable surrounded by his loving parents in clean robes, singing angels, adoring shepherds, kings holding gifts and harmless adoring animals. Yet in reality, it was a hard, cold, miserable time for […]
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