Tag: Disaster relief
Catholics pray for Tonga after tsunami devastation
Members of Sydney’s Tongan Catholic community have united in prayer as they anxiously await news on the welfare of friends and relatives after a tsunami hit the small Pacific island nation last Saturday.
Relief for fire and flood victims flow
Additional relief is on offer for towns along the NSW south coast that have faced not only devastating bushfires but flooding and the impact...
Churches, aid agencies respond to Africa’s devastating cyclone
By Bronwen Dachs
Two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Zimbabwe are among the more than 300 people killed in the aftermath of a...
Caritas welcomes increased aid promise
Caritas Australia has welcomed the Labor Party’s election promise to increase the value of Australia’s overseas aid program each year.
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The woman who confounds both left and right
By Lois M Collins
Elizabeth Bruenig makes no apologies. Not for her progressive politics, not for her Catholic faith and certainly not for having children...
