Archive: Press Releases
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Feb 28, 2013
No CommentsSupport for hosting asylum seekers in the community
Media Release, 28 February The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office fully support the current policy of hosting asylum seekers in the community on bridging visas and in community residence determination. We have great respect for the decision to increase Australia’s humanitarian intake to 20,000 each year and also believe it is appropriate for Australia...
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Feb 26, 2013
No CommentsNew-look Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship underway
Media Release, 26 February, 2012 Seventeen women from right across Australia have embarked on a journey of faith and leadership development as they take up the new-look Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship. The Fellowship, which has been relaunched with a new structure this year, will see the women, from 12 dioceses, undertake a formation program...
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Feb 13, 2013
No CommentsMarriage and Family Council’s Valentine’s Day kit
To download resources for Valentine’s Day, click here In 2010, the Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life launched the St Valentine’s Day initiative. We are delighted to offer you our 2013 edition which continues our ongoing desire to use the innate joyfulness of the feast of St Valentine to promote and affirm marriage as life-long romantic love. In a...
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Feb 13, 2013
No CommentsPope Benedict XVI’s passion for integral human development inspires Project Compassion 2013
Media Release, 13 February, 2013 The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) today called on Australians to support Project Compassion, the annual Lenten appeal of Caritas Australia, the Catholic agency for international aid and development. As one of Australia’s largest humanitarian fundraisers, Project Compassion brings together thousands of Australians in solidarity with the world’s poor and...
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Feb 12, 2013
No CommentsStatement from His Eminence Cardinal George Pell on resignation of Pope Benedict XVi
The Archbishop of Sydney, His Eminence Cardinal George Pell has made the following comments after hearing of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in Rome overnight. Cardinal Pell said; “Pope Benedict has always loved the Church and worked to do what was best for her. “His resignation came as a surprise to me. “We thank...
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Feb 12, 2013
No CommentsA Statement from Bishop Anthony Fisher OP, Bishop of Parramatta on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop Anthony Fisher OP, the Bishop of Parramatta said that the resignation of Pope Benedict is a time of grieving but thanksgiving for Catholics. “The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on health grounds is a cause of great sadness for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, but also of great gratitude. This Pope has given...
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Feb 11, 2013
No CommentsFull text of the Pope’s declaration
Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age,...
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Feb 08, 2013
No CommentsBishop Douglas Warren – Rest in Peace
The following information was provided on the Diocese of Bathurst’s website Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, Bishop Douglas Warren, died peacefully on 6th February 2013, at the Southern Cross Village in Parkes. Bishop Warren was ordained priest in 1942 in Rome, and celebrated 70 years of priesthood last December. In 1964 he was...
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Jan 23, 2013
No CommentsBishop Michael back at work
January 18th, 2013 In a message to the Diocese of Townsville, Bishop Michael has said that he is back home, feeling well enough and has been at work in the office today. He will be meeting with a Medical Oncologist on Monday to sort out some kind of treatment plan. Bishop Michael said “I have...
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Jan 23, 2013
No CommentsSaint Mary of the Cross MacKillop named second patron of Australia
Media Release,23 January, 2013 A formal decree approving St Mary of the Cross MacKillop as second patron of Australia has been received by the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Denis Hart. The Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal Cañizares Llovera issued the decree on...