Nuclear power: cure or curse?
by Luke K. Vaughan Nuclear power: cure or curse? is a 2007 discussion paper drawing together much of the scientific and public commentary on...
Social service critical to living the Gospel
By Bruce Duncan, Micah (March 2006), 4-5. Pope Benedict XVI has extolled people and organisations responding to the needs of those disadvantaged in some...
Did the 2005 Synod Duck Issues of Hunger and Poverty?
by Bruce Duncan CSsR Source: The Japan Mission Journal, (Spring 2006), 38-48. Some observers have been keenly disappointed with the October 2005 Synod of...
Churches set to clash with government over industrial changes
by Bruce Duncan, OnlineCatholics, Issue 78, 16 November 2005. Recent comments by Prime Minister Howard that there was no Christian or Catholic view on...
Making Hunger History
Once many people thought it was impossible to abolish slavery, since societies had always had slaves, and maintaining living standards required slaves. Today we...
A new Catholic social manifesto? The Compendium
By Bruce Duncan CSsR Compass: a Review of Topical Theology, 39, 2 (Winter 2005), 38-44. Reflecting Pope John Paul II’s passionate engagement with the...
Ending Hunger: how far can we go?
by Bruce Duncan C.Ss.R This booklet details how strongly Pope John Paul II and Church leaders supported calls by international agencies and development economists...
Hunger – a war of the powerful against the weak?
Bruce Duncan, Online Catholics, Issue 22 (20 October 2004). Despite his own frailty, Pope John Paul II has vehemently called attention to the dire...
Elections, faith and social conscience
By Bruce Duncan, Micah (December 2004), 3-4. The recent elections in Australia and the USA have raised urgent questions about the relationship between religious...
‘Social and distributive justice – neglected but necessary for social reform’
by Bruce Duncan in Micah, 15 (September 2004), 1-3. With a federal election approaching, many political debates hinge around contests for who gets what...
Catholic efforts to combat unemployment
by Bruce Duncan CSsR Source: The Australasian Catholic Record (January 2004), pp. 17 – 31. Republished with permission. This paper considers how the Catholic...