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ACMRO News August 2020
Migrant and Refugee Kit 2020
The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office is doing its best to restrict transmission of coronavirus and protect the members of our communities. This year, the Migrant and Refugee Kit will transition to online copy only. The kit and poster will be available for download on 14 September 2020 on this link bit.ly/WDMR2020.
ACMRO News July 2020
New Pope video towards WDMR2020: “To listen in order to be reconciled”
Every month, a new video of Pope Francis explores the sub-themes present in the Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
We invite you to watch the third, most recent video in which the Holy Father explores the sub theme “To listen in order to be reconciled.” It offers the real-life testimony of an internally displaced person and explains how teamwork and mutual acceptance can create a brighter future and peaceful coexistence between people of different religions.
ACMRO News May 2020
Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee. Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating internally displaced persons.
Pope Francis has selected “Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee” as the theme for the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) which will be celebrated on Sunday, September 27, 2020. His reflections originate in the experience of Jesus Christ and his parents as displaced persons and refugees.
ACMRO News April 2020
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Cardinal Michael Czerny and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski call EU Bishops’ Conferences to launch relocation projects for refugees in Greece.
A letter to EU Episcopal Conferences for a strong call for relocating refugees stuck indefinitely in Lesbos and other temporary camps in Greece is signed by three leading Cardinals of the Catholic Church.
