PROPE FRANCIS' LETTER TO CARDINALS-ELECT 'Dear brother, 'On the day that your designation as part of the College of Cardinals is made public, I wish to send you a cordial greeting along with the guarantee of my closeness and prayer. It is my hope that, joined with the Church of…

FOREIGN AID SPENDING CUTS Aid groups accuse Coalition of broken promise after it announces new cuts All funding for environment programs to end, as Coalition focuses aid on countries it needs to support its asylum policy Joe Hockey: promised aid would be shifted towards NGOs.Aid groups are accusing the Coalition…

For Sydney visitors to this site:  Book Launch Invitation In the Absence of Treaty This book explores the current inadequacy of the process used in engaging with Aboriginal people, which results in control slipping away from them. It provides concise but incisive account from recent reports about the reasons for…

ACMRO welcomes closure of four immigration detention centres The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) has welcomed the decision by the Federal Government to close four immigration detention facilities in Australia. Detention centres in far-North Queensland (Scherger), Tasmania (Pontville), Western Australia (Leonora), and South Australia (Port Augusta) are set…