Essay: The ‘Biloela family’ are going home – but what will Labor do with thousands of other asylum seekers in limbo in Australia?
In an article first published on The Conversation, MARY ANNE KENNY, an associate professor in the School of Law at Murdoch University in Australia, looks at the new Australian Government’s policies concerning asylum seekers and refugees…
UK’s only Black cathedral dean calls for greater racial diversity among church leadership
Norwich, UK The UK’s only Black dean of a cathedral has challenged the country’s cathedrals to reduce black invisibility at all levels within the church. Speaking during a debate on racism at the 2022 National Cathedrals Conference held earlier this month in Newcastle Upon Tyne, the Very Rev Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester, said that sadly, “the Tory […]
Lifestory: A life lived for justice – Rosemary Radford Ruether
DIRK VON DER HORST, in an article first published on Religion News Service, writes a tribute to US Catholic feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether who died this month…
Pope names 21 new cardinals, from Asia, Africa, elsewhere
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, most of them from continents other than Europe – which dominated Catholic hierarchy for most of the church’s history – and further putting his mark on the group of people who might someday elect the next pontiff. Sixteen of those who will receive the prestigious red […]