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Tuesday December 17

Senior priests and elders outside a ration shed museum

"No wonder the writer of the Gospel according to John talks of the truth setting us free"

“Monday’s event at Cherbourg had originally been organised as part of the Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry commissioned by the previous Queensland Government and cancelled by the current one. Given that the Inquiry had lined up 20 elders to tell their stories, the Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council decided to host the event so that those who had gone through the emotional process of preparing for the hearing could be honoured,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

Statement in support of the Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry — Queensland Muslims Inc.

“I was raised in South Africa during the apartheid era. So, I have witnessed firsthand the short- and long-term impacts of institutionalised racism, including severe inter-generational trauma…Just as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission brought healing and reconciliation for South Africans, I have witnessed how our State’s Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry has started a new era of healing and reconciliation for Queenslanders,” says Habib Jamal, President of Queensland Muslim Inc.

Young people signing a prayer space banner at a youth-led "Gathering in Prayer for Gaza" inter-faith ceasefire vigil at St Andrew's, Indooroopilly on 31 August 2024

Young inter-faith leaders reflect on their "Gathering in Prayer for Gaza" ceasefire vigil

Five young Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Tamil Hindu community members reflect on the prayer spaces, holy text readings and prayers that they led at a recent “Gathering in Prayer for Gaza” inter-faith prayer vigil at St Andrew’s, Indooroopilly

Christian, Muslim and Jewish community leaders unite for a just peace, condemning the ongoing atrocities committed by Israel in Palestine

Christian, Muslim and Jewish community leaders united for a just peace, condemning the ongoing atrocities being committed by Israel in Palestine, during the weekend’s International Day of Peace commemorations at St John’s Anglican Cathedral

My tribute to reluctant prophet, Albert Nolan OP

“I did the two-year whites-only compulsory military conscription as a ‘religious non-combatant’, but when required to do continuous military service one month per year, thanks to Albert Nolan and his contemporaries, I found the courage to declare myself a conscientious objector in the late 1980s, risking jail and worse,” says The Rev’d Nic Denny-Dimitriou

World mourns loss of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The world is mourning the passing of a towering figure in the struggle for freedom and for human dignity and rights: “Tutu believed passionately that the Christian faith is inclusive of all, and that Christian responsibility is for the good of all people. His leadership strengthened us all in that belief and continues to call us to action upon that belief”

Desmond Tutu turns 90 with an outpouring of love from the world

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, one of South Africa’s most famous persons, has turned 90 with a Eucharist service celebration at Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral, receiving an outpouring of love from around the world. Tutu made a rare public appearance on 7 October at the iconic Cape Town cathedral, the site of prayers and protests during the apartheid era, where he attended a special thanksgiving service