Call for more humane treatment of asylum seekers
Speaking to an audience of 500-600 people in Central Hall in Fitzroy on 11 October 2011, Bishop Vincent Long van Nguyen spoke movingly of...
ACRATH lobby in Canberra
On Sunday, 21 August 2011, twelve members of ACRATH arrived in Canberra for our 5th annual pilgrimage to our national capital. As most have...
Social Justice and Human Wellbeing – John Langmore
For the last quarter century the dominant Australian political narrative has been about increasing personal consumption. National success has been measured by the speed...
How to make use of Catholic Social Teaching
By Bruce Duncan C.Ss.R I think it fair to say that there is a lot of pious nodding towards social justice in some Catholic...
The Phoenix abortion debate – Brian Lewis
By Brian Lewis In November, 2009, an abortion was approved by the ethics committee of the large and long established St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital...
Social Spirituality & Catholic Teaching – Sandie Cornish
Although I’m a long-standing fan of the Papal World Day of Prayer for Peace Messages – and quite possibly the only person in Australia...
The puzzle of Caritas in Veritate – B. Duncan
Coming on the heels of the global economic crisis, Pope Benedict’s 2009 social encyclical, Caritas inVeritate (Love in Truth), was keenly awaited. It was...
Pope and world crisis – Bruce Duncan
By Bruce Duncan Eureka Street, 7 January 2010 Pope Benedict is no sceptic about climate change. In numerous speeches and writings, he has been...
The War of the Powerful against the Pope, by Arthur Gibbs
by Arthur Gibbs George Weigel alleged that the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome produced left-wing nostrums into the encyclical, Caritas in...
Pope & market forces – B. Duncan – the Age
If ever there was a need to consolidate a new ethical foundation for economics and business, it is surely now. Hence there has been...
Pope confronts economic injustice – B. Duncan
By Bruce Duncan Pope Benedict’s new encyclical is not the strident critique of capitalism some were expecting, but it is nonetheless a robust critique...