Church calls for action to stem the rising tide of homelessness

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has used its 2018-19 Social Justice Statement to express deep concern about Australia’s alarming growth in homelessness and insecure housing. In A Place to Call Home: Making a home for everyone in our land, released this morning, the bishops have called on Australians to look beyond the immediate challenges of […]

Looking into the Face of Homelessness Catholic Social Justice Series Paper #80

  The 2011 Census showed there were more than 105,000 people living in Australia who were homeless. Anecdotal evidence suggests that number is growing rapidly. Thankfully, many agencies of the Catholic Church are working to assist people who are homeless, but a lot more needs to be done. Homelessness, and the people affected by it, […]

Homelessness Week 7-13 August

Media Release from Most Rev Terence Brady Chairman, Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life On any given night in Australia 1 in 200 people are homeless. While the media storm continue around the tent city in Martin Place in Sydney, Homelessness Australia has revealed startling statistics around the rise in the hidden forms of homelessness, such […]

‘Come and See’ resources highlight Church’s impact

A series of resources highlighting the Church’s ministries in Australia was inspired by Pope Francis’ World Communications Day message for 2021, which invites people to “Come and See”. Marked towards the end of the seven-week Easter season each year, World Communications Day celebrates the achievements of the communications media and considers how it can best […]

Leaders gather to consider Catholic policy response to COVID-19

Leaders of Catholic agencies and a number of external experts gathered online on Monday to consider the challenges of the pandemic for Australians and what the Catholic community can contribute to public policy ideas to bolster the country’s COVID-19 recovery. The roundtable discussion, “A Catholic contribution to public policy on COVID”, was co-hosted by the […]

Strained Budget must still tackle disadvantage

by Joe Zabar With the 2020-21 Federal Budget less than two months away, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Treasurer Josh Frydenberg have been softening up the public for the potential political fallout if they fail to deliver their much-touted Budget surplus. The coronavirus, this summer’s bushfires and the ongoing drought have the Government justifiably […]