Bruce Duncan CSsR Source: Compass: a Review of Topical Theology, 31, 1 (Autumn 1997), 15-19. Church organisations and personnel in Australia and New Zealand face unusual difficulties in speaking publicly about questions of social justice and advocacy for disadvantaged groups. It is often difficult to win a hearing in the media because of the secularism […]
by Dr Paul Rule, Australian Catholic Social Justice Council Occasional Paper 23. Melbourne: Dove Publications, 1995, pp.32. Everyone wants peace. We want peace in our lives, in our homes, within and between nations. It is at the heart of the teachings of all religions, not the least of Christianity. There are, of course, different kinds and […]
by Bruce Duncan CSsR Source: Compass: a Review of Topical Theology, 25, 3 (Spring, 1991), 6-13. One has only to visit much of the third world today to be convinced of the continuing relevanceof Pope LeoXIII’s I89I encyclical, Rerum Novarum,especially in its supportfor improved living conditions for workers, a decent wage, the right to form […]
