Churches, Religious Leaders support Uluru Statement from the Heart – and from Pope Francis.
Chiaro Porro, Laudato Si’ Movement’s Jacqui Remond, Pope Francis, Theresa Ardler and ACU’s Dermot Nestor with a copy of the Uluru Statement from the Heart (Vatican Media)
Australia’s Prime Minister has committed his government to act on the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
May 27th: Major churches and other religious organisations have united in an unprecedented way to express their support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Australia’s Anglican, Catholic and Uniting churches, as well as the National Council of Churches – an ecumenical organisation bringing together a number of Australia’s Christian churches – are among the religious groups who have signed a Joint Resolution calling for a constitutionally guaranteed First Nations voice.
Other groups who signed the resolution include the Australian National Council of Imams, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, in addition to Australian Sikhs, Buddhists and Hindus.
______________________________
November 22, 2021. Australia’s Catholic bishops, on the recommendation of their key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisers, have endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The bishops’ consideration of the matter was informed by the words of St John Paul II, who in a visit to Alice Springs in 1986 said to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: “Your culture, which shows the lasting genius and dignity of your race, must not be allowed to disappear… Your songs, your stories, your paintings, your dances, your languages, must never be lost.”
________________________________
Pope Francis has accepted a copy of the Uluru Statement from the Heart at St Peter’s Square in Rome after a briefing from aides and a meeting with Chiara Porro, Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See.
