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Driving migrants away from safe, legal sanctuary is ‘a grave sin’: Pope
Working to turn migrants away from the prospect of peace and security in a new country is “a grave sin”, Pope Francis said. Source: OSV News.
Conference to focus on wellbeing of seasonal workers
How faith communities can better welcome seasonal workers will be the focus of a national conference in July. Source: ACBC.
Migrants are living image of God’s pilgrim people: Pope
In his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis invites people to see migration as a sign of the times and as a symbol of the Church’s pilgrimage throughout history. Source: Vatican News.
Pope invites prayer for people forced to flee their homeland
Pope Francis has released The Pope Video prayer intention for June, inviting the Church to pray for people who flee their home countries. Source: Vatican News.
Call for focus on refugee and migrant children
A new study has found children from migrant and refugee backgrounds are more likely to be developmentally vulnerable when starting school, causing repercussions that could carry into adulthood. Source: SBS News.
Broome extends its PALM to Timor-Leste workers
It was fitting that Sunday’s Gospel reading evoked the image of the vine and the branches when Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral in Broome hosted more than 50 people from Timor-Leste. Source: Broome Diocese.
Texas suing ministries serving migrants and refugees
The Texas Attorney-General is suing a network of Church-related ministries to migrants and refugees after one of them – Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas – refused to surrender records about the people it serves. Source: The Tablet.
Church embraces African communities in Melbourne
When Deacon George Piech Meat arrived in Australia in 2004 after years as a refugee, his first port of call was a Catholic church. Source: ABC News.
Holy See ambassador joins ACRATH for campaign launch
The Australian embassy to the Holy See joined Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) for the launch of its “16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence” campaign, focusing on women migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation.