Benedict to meet Muslim ambassadors today
A number of Asian Muslim leaders have came out in support of the Pope on the eve of Ramadan. Read further by clicking here.
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Sydney priests retirement fund crisis
The Sydney Archdiocese is launching a new annual public appeal to cater for the needs of retired priests. Read further by clicking here.
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Josephite Nun call for nuns to unite on Indigenous action
Welcoming this year's Australian Bishops' Social Justice Statement, The Heart of Our Country, released for Social Justice Sunday yesterday, Sr Katrina Brill said the plight of Indigenous Australians is still the most pressing justice issue in Australia. Read further by clicking here.
It is also time for the indigenous people of Australia to be accountable for their own lifestyle choices. The social problems now being faced are mainly due to an inability to move on with the future and instead many remain fixated on the past. In every country around this vast world there are stories of brutality and injustices throughout the history of civilization. Should the Irish continue to hate the English for the great injustice dealt to them through the great famine? Should Native Americans continue to hate their fellow Americans for the brutality they faced centuries ago? When does it end? It ends through your own choice, one either moves on with hope for the future or remain embittered by the past.
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