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Dec 10, 2020

OPENING OF THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS

It’s been a difficult year. At this time last year, smoke hung heavy upon our city, the light was an eery orange hue, and moths invaded the opening night; drought and bushfire continued through the first month of 2020.

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Dec 01, 2020

CELEBRATION OF AUNTY ELSIE INDIGENOUS SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS

Following the acknowledgements and welcomes from Lisa and Chris today, I want to add my own, including a very warm welcome to my place, St Mary’s Cathedral.

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Oct 22, 2020

ADDRESS AT CONFERRAL OF PAPAL AWARDS

Dame Margot, Sir Richard and Sir John, My Lord Bishop Ingham, Mr Justice Kunç, Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor, professors and friends all

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Aug 27, 2020

INTRODUCTION FOR PONTIFICAL MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR SR MARY PAUL OLHC

Welcome to St. Mary’s Basilica in Sydney for the Funeral Mass for Sr Mary Paul OLHC, last surviving member of our the Congregation of Our Lady Help of Christians.

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Jul 29, 2020

REMARKS AT LAUNCH OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC ANTI-SLAVERY NETWORK

“Let us not despair; it is a blessed cause, and success, ere long, will crown our exertions. Already we have gained one victory: we have obtained, for these poor creatures, the recognition of their human nature, which for a while was most shamefully denied.

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Jul 22, 2020

COVID-19 BRIEFING PAPER ON HEALTHCARE ETHICS

‘All humanity is being put to the test’ says the Vatican’s bioethics thinktank, the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), in Global Pandemic and Universal Brotherhood: Note on the Covid-19 Emergency.

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Apr 08, 2020

Archbishop’s Easter Message

Dare we hope in a world that is suffering? It can seem impossible, even insensitive, to talk of hope when people are sick or dying, anxious or isolated, unemployed or otherwise burdened.

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Apr 07, 2020

Statement from Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP Archbishop Of Sydney

I welcome today’s exoneration of Cardinal George Pell in a unanimous decision of the High Court of Australia.The Cardinal has always maintained his innocence and today’s decision confirms his conviction was wrong.

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Mar 23, 2020

Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and Faithful of the Archdiocese of Sydney regarding the latest restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Dear brothers in ministry and brothers and sisters in Christ. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all in this time of pandemic.

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Mar 18, 2020

Directions for the Archdiocese of Sydney from 18 March 2020 until further notice

With respect to the Celebration of Mass and other Liturgies. Many people are already self-selecting to stay at home and attendance at many Masses will predictably be under 100.

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