Archive: Press Releases
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May 15, 2013
No CommentsCaritas Australia disappointed over aid spending delay – Budget 2013
Media Release, 15 May, 2013 CARITAS Australia, the international aid and development organisation of the Catholic Church, has expressed disappointment that the government in its Federal Budget has not followed through on its long-standing commitments to increase the foreign aid budget to 0.5% of Gross National Income. Caritas CEO, Jack de Groot said they’ve delayed...
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May 10, 2013
No CommentsNew Appointment: Chair of the National Catholic Education Commission
We are delighted to announce that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has recently confirmed the appointment of the Honourable Greg Crafter AO as the Chair of the National Catholic Education Commission. Mr Crafter will take up this responsibility from 1 July this year. Mr Crafter was Minister of Education in South Australia from 1985 to...
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May 10, 2013
No CommentsFamilies behind razor wire – a sad day for a fair nation
Media Release, 10 May, 2013 The Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Bishop Christopher Saunders, has expressed deep concern over the proposed detention of children and families in remote immigration facilities. “There is something particularly uncaring about locking away children and families in a starkly isolated facility such as Curtin in the Kimberley”,...
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May 08, 2013
No CommentsCaritas Australia says Foreign Aid is Money Well Spent
Media Release, 8 May, 2013 CARITAS Australia, the international aid and development organisation of the Catholic Church, has backed a letter from Australia’s business leaders, calling for the Prime Minister and Opposition leader to strengthen their commitment to international aid. On the eve of the Prime Minister’s planned visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG), Caritas...
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Apr 29, 2013
No CommentsBishops Conference releases eBook and Parish Resources for 47th World Communications Day
Media Release, 29 April, 2013 The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Communications Office has released an eBook and parish resource to coincide with the celebration of the 47th World Communications Day, which takes place in Australia on Sunday, May 5. In one of his final acts as Pope, Benedict XVI authored the statement “Social Networks: portals...
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Apr 03, 2013
No CommentsRoyal Commission hearings into Child Sexual Abuse
Mr Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council, has welcomed the start of Royal Commission hearings into child sexual abuse saying no past victims will be stopped from telling their story to the Commission because of past confidentiality agreements. “The Royal Commission is the opportunity for the Church to face the way...
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Apr 02, 2013
No CommentsTruth Justice & Healing Council members announced
Archbishop Denis Hart, President of The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and Sr Annette Cunliffe RSC, Chair of Catholic Religious Australia, have today announced the members of the Truth Justice and Healing Council (TJHC). The TJHC will oversee the Catholic Church’s engagement with the Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse. Francis Sullivan, CEO...
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Mar 13, 2013
No CommentsHabemus Papam: Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ: Pope Francis: statement from Archbishop Hart
Statement of Archbishop Denis Hart As Archbishop of Melbourne and President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, I joyfully welcome the glad news of the appointment of Pope Francis. For two weeks the Catholics of the world have been without the spiritual father of their family. We have been looking forward to this special moment...
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Mar 13, 2013
No CommentsAustralian Catholic Youth Festival draws closer
By Malcolm Hart The Australian Catholic Youth Festival will be held on December 5-7, 2013 in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. The Festival will invite young people from Year 9 to 25 years of age to come together for an encounter with the Catholic Church in Australia. To prepare for the Festival, the National Steering Committee...
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Mar 12, 2013
No CommentsCardinal rejects smear
11 March 2013 Fairfax media today carried a story, repeated by other media outlets, alleging that Cardinal George Pell is “tainted by sex abuse scandals” and “long dogged” by allegations of sexual abuse against him. These statements are utterly false and seriously defamatory. They have no basis in fact and deliberately misrepresent the outcome of...