Tag: Religious Freedom
Prayers rise for Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel after Wakeley knife...
Mar Emmanuel has received support from across the broader Christian community, including from Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, who sent flowers and expressed his solidarity and prayerful support with clergy of all religions.
Premier, PM call for unity after declaring Mar Emmanuel stabbing a...
NSW Premier Chris Minns has confirmed the stabbing of an Assyrian Orthodox clergyman in Wakeley last night was a “terrorist act,” after convening a council of religious and community leaders overnight to call for calm.
Faith leaders urge PM: Don’t deal with Greens on religious schools
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP and Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli are among dozens of religious leaders warning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese not to turn to the Australian Greens to help enact religious discrimination reforms that will affect faith-based schools.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Commission’s report ignores faith’s contribution to society
The recommendations of the ALRC give no weight to the benefit that Catholic and other faith-based schooling has been to millions of Australian families for more than 200 years, writes Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP
Conversion therapy ban passes NSW parliament after marathon overnight debate
The New South Wales government has been accused of ramming its conversion practices ban through parliament during a marathon overnight debate.
No time to lose to amend ‘sincere’ but flawed conversion therapy...
There is no time to lose in asking your state MP to make crucial amendments to the NSW Government’s conversion therapy bill.
Monica Doumit: With religious freedom under grave threat, how did it...
: Recent years have seen many anti-family and anti-faith laws and policies introduced in Australia and around the world. Are they a series of unfortunate, yet unrelated events, or is there more to the story?
Faith leaders reject ‘Equality’ Bill
The leaders of NSW’s major Christian denominations and other faith traditions have joined Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP in a call for the rejection in full of Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s “Equality” bill, set to be debated when parliament returns in early February.
‘Equality’ bill puts religious freedom under threat in NSW in 2024
Religious freedom is back on the agenda in 2024, with debate rapidly approaching on the “Equality” bill introduced by the independent member for the...
Monica Doumit: NSW Government delays conversion practices bill, but don’t rest...
Last week, the NSW Government announced that it would not table its bill to ban conversion practices before the end of the year.
Religious freedom is a path to peace, Archbishop Paul Gallagher says...
Religious freedom is a path to promoting peace in a complex world, said the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States in Sydney on 6 November
Monica Doumit: ‘Omit the part’ to end restrictions on prostitution
In last week’s column, I foreshadowed that I would write this week about Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023.
I expected...
