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Tag Archives: human-rights
Conscience Vote
The recent Queensland election for State leadership, like the US election, has highlighted for me how Catholic voters can vote based on a single issue of justice concern while ignoring all else. I speak here about whether a political party … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Catholic Social Teaching, Compassion, Conscience, freedom of conscience, human-rights, informed conscience, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, pro-choice; legal abortion, pro-life, social justice, US election, voter ignorance, voters, voting
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A History of Slavery
For this month’s blog article, I thought I’d offer you this ‘History of Slavery’ by Ron Davoran CP, who is community leader of our Sydney based community at Marrickville. Ron took a trip to Ghana in 1999 and to New … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum seekers, Black Lives Matter, child slavery, Human Trafficking, human-rights, Indigenous, international slave trade, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, racism, Slave labour, Slave trade, slavery, structural evil, Whitney Plantation
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COVID and the Survival Instinct
For all our success, we obviously aren’t out of the woods yet. A new outbreak of COVID-19 in Melbourne has meant that the state of Victoria has been put into lockdown for 6 weeks. That is 6 weeks without social … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Eisenstein, Corona Virus, COVID, COVID19, fear of death, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, lockdown, loss of civil liberties, pandemic, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, personal freedom, Police enforcement of social distancing, social distancing, survival instinct
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The COVID-19 Conspiracy
In last week’s blog article, I quoted Charles Eisenstien’s prophetic words, when reflecting on the current crisis over the COVID-19 pandemic, “COVID-19 is like a rehab intervention that breaks the addictive hold of normality. To interrupt a habit is to … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Peace
Tagged 5G, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Charles Eisenstein, China, Conspiracy theories, Corona Virus, COVID19, Fake news, George Floyd, Hong Kong protests, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, pandemic, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, post-pandemic world, racism, SARS-CoV-2, structural evil, tracking, violence, Wuhan
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The Choice Before Us
There is a quote by Sonya Renee Taylor that originated on Instagram that has been doing the rounds on Facebook that reads: “We will not go back to normal. Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity of Creation, Justice, Peace
Tagged Charles Eisenstein, Climate Change, Corona Virus, COVID19, Environment, Environmental Concern, flattening the curve, Free Market, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, lockdown, loss of civil liberties, new normal, Normal life, pandemic, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Police enforcement of social distancing, post-coved 19, post-pandemic world, quarantine, social distancing, social isolation, UN
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The Threat from the Right
I was taken aback last week when I heard ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) director-general Mike Burgess naming neo-Nazi groups as one of Australia’s most serious security threats. In his first annual threat assessment from Canberra, he expressed concern at … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-semitism, Antipodean Resistance, ASIO, Christchurch Mosque Massacre, Hitler Youth, human-rights, Israel, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Jurgen Moltmann, Justice, Nazi, Neo Nazi, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Pope Francis, populism, racism, Reclaim Australia Rally, structural evil, terrorism, The Lads Society, The Young Nationals, violence, white supremacy
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Health, a Justice Issue
When it comes to health concerns, at present all attention is focused on the Corona Virus outbreak and efforts to contain it. Of the infections and diseases that afflict humankind, some are caused by viruses and others by bacteria. Bacteria … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, Big Pharma, Big Pharmaceutical Companies, Big Pharmaceuticals, drug resistance, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, structural evil, Super bugs, UN, United Nations, WHO, World Health Organisation
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St. Anthony In the Fields Ecology Project
Many of you know that St. Anthony in the Fields, at Terrey Hills, NSW, was the birthplace of the Passionist Family Group Movement, but you may not know the lead it is taking in becoming a green church that is … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity of Creation
Tagged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Climate Change, climate change debate, climate change denier, ecological issues, ecology, Environment, environmental activism, Environmental Concern, Global warming, green consciousness, Greenhouse gasses, greening, human-rights, Indigenous, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Laudato Si, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, PFGM, Pope Francis, St. Anthony in the Fields, Terrey Hills
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Growing Homelessness in Australia
The housing affordability crisis has been much on the news of late, as you are all aware. But what you may not know is that a key cause of the problem is that Australia has the highest housing costs and … Continue reading
Peter Gardiner CP in Cambodia (concluded)
Peter Gardiner CP sent me the second part of his journal on the time he is spending volunteering in Cambodia. So to complete his story, please find as follows his account of the work and experiences he had while there. … Continue reading
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