Tag: Migration

Pope Francis’ recent comments about the sinfulness of intentionally repelling migrants should make Australian Catholics pause for thought. After years of tough border protection policies we have surely guilty of failing to be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, writes Julie Macken from the Justice and Peace Office.

While migrants can often be used as a political football by pundits of all stripes, the church in Australia is increasingly a migrant reality. The struggle to love in conditions of diversity is not just unique to migrants, but is rather the state all Catholics find ourselves in, as St Augustine taught, writes Dr Matthew Tan.

Migration movements "are one of the defining signs of our time," said the pope in Bangkok.

The Pope is expected to touch issues of migration, ecumenism in a visit to Bulgaria and Macedonia.