Australia Apologizes to Aborigines

(13 Feb 08 - RV) Australia apologised today for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told parliament that past policies of assimilation, under which aboriginal children were taken from their families to be brought up in white households, were a stain on the nation's soul. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference called the apology an historic and prophetic moment in the life of the Australian nation. The President of the Conference, Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson, told us that the nation must move forward to help the aboriginal community...