Rowan Ireland. Posted 28 November 2019. This year, several international crises in the Amazon have come to the boil, just as planning and preliminary jousting led up to the Amazon Synod of Catholic Bishops, which concluded in Rome on 27 October. The three Amazon crises: the ecological, the human, and the political. The ecological crisis, […]
Pope Francis has invited young economists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and change-makers under the age of 35 to come to Assisi for an international event on 26-28 March 2020 to discuss ideas for social and economic reform. The proposal for the Economy of Francesco is to engage the creativity of young researchers and scholars – beyond differences […]
John D’Arcy May. Theology in the face of pluralism & injustice A Public forum of Social Policy Connections and the Centre for Religion & Social Policy (RASP) of the University of Divinity Melbourne, held at Yarra Theological Union 17 September 2019. The Asia-Pacific is not only a geopolitical and multicultural area, but an interreligious context. […]
Bruce Duncan. The extraordinary fires in the Amazon in August 2019 struck dread into the hearts of climate specialists and observers worldwide, since the Amazon forests remain one of the great bulwarks against global warming. They cool Latin America, and generate 20% of the world’s oxygen. Smoke from the fires darkened the sky over Sao […]
A 12-week unit at Yarra Theological College (YTU) Box Hill, offered by Dr Bruce Duncan CSsR. Mondays 6pm from 9 July Pope Francis has been calling for us urgently to address social problems of extreme poverty, inequality, and threats from global warming. This unit examines the responses of Pope Francis and other leaders to recent […]
A searing heatwave has swept over western and southern Europe, and even in the USA. In France, temperatures were the highest on record, reaching 45.9℃, nearly two degrees above the previous record set in 2003, resulting in 15,000 deaths. Some 4000 schools were closed in France because of the heat, and authorities warned people to […]
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Geraldine Doogue AO with Francis Sullivan Wednesday 24 July , 6.30-8.00pm Geraldine Googue AO is well known journalist and broadcaster, at the helm of the ABC Compass program for 20 years. Francis Sullivan was CEO of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council to coordinate the Catholic Church’s response to the Royal Commission. He has been […]
Conversation over lunch, organised by Pax Christi. Sunday 16 June 12:30 for 1pm lunch (bring something to share)Kildara Centre Rear 41 Stanhope Street Malvern Rita 03 9379 3889 | 0448 701 877Catriona 03 9509 7906 |0419 109 830 After 27 years as a missionary in the Philippines, Sr Pat was expelled by President Duterte, because […]
Philip Almond University of Queensland. Less than a week after the attack on the Twin Towers in New York on 11 September 2001, US President George W. Bush gave a remarkable speech about America’s “Muslim Brothers and sisters”. “These acts of violence,” he declared, “violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith.” After quoting from […]
