By Bruce Duncan The papal World Day of Peace on 1 January each year has become a landmark reflection on the state of the world, capturing feelings of good will during the Christmas season, and focusing hopes about human wellbeing, peace and development. However development experts may not be entirely happy with the 2009 statement. [...]
February 25th, 2009 | Posted in Church and Social Justice,Peace | Read More »
This 2001 study by Drs Sheila Cameron and Bruce Duncan, ‘Surviving, not living’: disadvantage in Melbourne, offers a glimpse into the world of 40 men and women struggling against severe economic and social disadvantage. The overall statistics about such people are already available, but Catholic Social Services here seeks to understand more keenly what it [...]
February 10th, 2009 | Posted in Global poverty | Read More »
