Paul Keenan“It is time the Catholic bishops took a strong stand against clergy abuse within the Church, sent a clear message about the responsibility of all its religious to report such crimes to police and extended to victims and their families every possible support and redress.”
Former New South Wales premier, Barry O’Farrell reacts to the final report of the state’s Special Commission of Inquiry into cover-ups of historic Church abuse which offered damning conclusions of prelates’ actions.
“Restoring religious freedom is a long-term, multi-generational task. It’s a lot like pro-life, it probably won’t happen overnight because there’s very powerful legal, governmental, and societal forces that are changing the way religious liberty is being regarded. So I think there’s a lot of work to do in this long-term.
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore speaking ahead of America’s Fortnight of Freedom June 21 July 4.
"We figured it would be an opportunity for the people on the inside to have a voice, to express what it's like to be told as a child that they are unworthy of a second chance
Jody Kent Lavy, campaigner for fair sentencing for young people in the US justice system speaking of the letter-writing initiative she organised which saw 500 messages from prisoners to Pope Francis.
“No peace will be stable without justice, and no justice will be without forgiveness,” he said, adding “will we have and will we see the horizon of peace build on justice and forgiveness? We have to pray to God to make this possible.”
Fr Rif’at Bader, spokesman for the Catholic Church in Amman, Jordan, laments the continuous bloodshed across the Middle East.
"Rest assured that if the point of this event were to single out a group of individuals and target them for hatred, I most certainly would not be there.”
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, USA, responds to criticisms of his participation in a March for Marriage to support the traditional form of marriage.