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Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann, an Australian aboriginal elder, teacher and artist, will be in the Vatican from the 29th May to the 3rd June.
The Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Chiara Porro, said on Thursday that she was “thrilled” to announce the trip, calling it an “emotive journey by one of our country’s most respected Indigenous leaders.”Dr Ungunmerr Baumann was born in 1950 in Australia’s Northern Territory, and has worked as a teacher, artist, and advocate for Indigenous rights.
Her leadership has earned her an Order of Australia Medal and the 2021 Senior Australian of the Year award.Dr Ungunmerr Baumann’s visit to the Vatican is timed to coincide with Australia’s Reconciliation Week, an annual celebration of Indigenous history and culture. That evening, Cardinal Roche, Prefect of the Vatican’s liturgy Dicastery, will preside over a Mass marking 50 years since the first Aboriginal Liturgy. The following day, Dr Ungunmerr Baumann will speak on the subject of “An Indigenous perspective on integral ecology: the concept of Dadirri.”
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