The Statement is asking us, as faith communities to be mindful of the violence that is perpetrated on women in particular, and to provide support to them and their children.
The beginning of last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Taliban taking power in Afghanistan. Somehow, like 9/11, those scenes of people trying to leave their homeland, are etched in my mind.
Reconciliation is about relationships. It is about loving, truth-telling, deep listening, respectful engagement, and shared hope for a future that is different to the past and the present.
This is my humble attempt to outline where we are now up to, with this most significant church event in the life of the Australian Catholic Church, and of the global church.
The purpose of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly was to emphasize how grandparents and the elderly are a value and a gift both for society and for ecclesial communities.