This morning Bishop Tim Harris joined with other Queensland Bishops to launch a very important statement leading into the October State Election.

The Queensland Bishop's offer this statement as a way of

sharing key points of Catholic teaching … as we prepare for the State election.

The COVID-19

crisis has shown more clearly than ever the need for a new kind of solidarity

both to deal with the pandemic and find a way beyond it.”

The bishops explained in the statement that Catholic social teaching has a

preference for the poor and vulnerable, underpinned by the principles of the

dignity of the human person, the common good, subsidiarity and solidarity.