In Australia, bishops face legal complaint for defending marriage

Sydney, Australia (CNA/EWTN News) — The Sydney archbishop has strongly defended the freedom of the Catholic Church in response to a legal complaint claiming the Australian bishops' pastoral letter on marriage violated Tasmania's strict anti-discrimination law. "Australia is party to treaties guaranteeing freedoms of religion and of speech, and regularly exhorts other nations to observe these," Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney said Nov. 13. "It is therefore astonishing and truly alarming that

Sydney, Australia (CNA/EWTN News) — The Sydney archbishop has strongly defended the freedom of the Catholic Church in response to a legal complaint claiming the Australian bishops' pastoral letter on marriage violated Tasmania's strict anti-discrimination law. "Australia is party to treaties guaranteeing freedoms of religion and of speech, and regularly exhorts other nations to observe these," Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney said Nov. 13. "It is therefore astonishing and truly alarming that…