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Tag Archives: United Nations
Murder, Mayhem, and Mercy
In this month’s Blog article, I share a reflection by Brian Gleeson, CP, on the East Timorese struggle for independence. Lest we forget! Timor-Leste (East Timor), an island nation north of Darwin, Australia, is one of the world’s newest countries. … Continue reading
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
Posted in Justice
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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How to Psychologically Explain Climate Change Denial
Days after millions of young people demanded an end to the fossil fuel era at protests around the world, a landmark U.N. backed study of the links between oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the climate, was clear that allowing carbon … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity of Creation
Tagged Carbon dioxide emissions, climate change debate, climate change denier, Coral bleaching, death wish, Environment, environmental activism, Environmental Concern, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, Greta Thurnberg, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, pleasure principle, Poverty, self-destructive behaviour, Sigmund Freud, student strike, thanatos, UN, United Nations
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Sexual Exploitation and Aid Agencies
While the media has focused a lot on institutional sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, just how wide spread this activity is in other organisations in a position of care for the vulnerable has not yet been reported widely. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Justice
Tagged Human Trafficking, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, MeToo, moral integrity, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Peacekeepers, peacekeepers and sexual abuse, Poverty, Sex Abuse, sexual exploitation and aid agencies, sexual violence, structural evil, UN, United Nations, whistleblower
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The Un-winnable Afghan War
The American-led war in Afghanistan, in the period from 2001 to 2014, has cost countless lives, billions of dollars and destroyed much infrastructure in an already impoverished country. Included in the losses are 41 Australian soldiers killed and 261 wounded. … Continue reading
Posted in Peace
Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Anglo-Afghan war, British East India Company, car bomb, Colonialism, Dalrymple, Fall of Delhi, Hardline Islamism, insurgency, IS, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Mughal Empire, Muslim-Hindu relations, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Religious intolerance, Soviet-Afghan war, Taliban, terrorism, UN, United Nations, violence, war on terror
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Conflict-Minerals Unchained
On the 9th of February of this year, through one of the internet news sources I follow from the USA called, ‘Reader Supported News’ (RSN), I was dismade to read about a leaked Trump Presidential memo that would free US … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Peace
Tagged African militias, Child labour, child slavery, Coltan, conflict minerals, Congolese Civil War, Congolese Cobalt, Congolese Coltan, Dodd Frank Act, Donald Trump, electronics industry, Free Market, Human Trafficking, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, militias, modern slavery, national security, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Slave labour, supply chains, terrorism, UN, United Nations, violence
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Backward Step on Climate Change
The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency has certainly had an impact on those of us concerned about the environment and Climate Change. Trump has stated that he does not believe Climate Change is actually taking place and … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity of Creation
Tagged Anthrax outbreak, atmospheric CO2, Bee population, Bumble Bee, Climate Change, climate change denier, Climate Conference, Climate Council, COP22, Coral bleaching, Donald Trump, droughts, Environment, Environmental Concern, extreme weather, Food Security, Global warming, Greenhouse gas emissions, Greenhouse gasses, Hotter temperatures, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Ocean Acidification, Paris Agreement, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Pope Francis, Thunderstorm Asthma, UN, United Nations
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Cobalt and Congo
In my blog article last March I gave an update on my further research into Coltan (Columbite Tantalite), a ‘conflict mineral’ whose importance in modern technological devices has fueled a bloody civil war that to date has resulted in around … Continue reading
Posted in Justice
Tagged Apple, artisan miners, battery powered cars, CDM, Child labour, child slavery, Cobalt, Coltan, conflict minerals, Congo, Congo DongFang International Mining, Congolese Civil War, Congolese Cobalt, Electric cars, Free Market, Human Trafficking, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, LG Chem, lithium batteries, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Poverty, Samsung, Slave labour, structural evil, Tantalum, UN, UNICEF, United Nations, Washington Post, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt
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Refugee Resettlement in Papua New Guinea
Tony Fedele has been a long time friend of our Passionist Community in Templestowe, Melbourne. His son, David Fedele, has become an independent documentary filmmaker, who recently traveled to city of Lae in Papua New Guinea, to witness first hand … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum seekers, David Fedele, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Lae, Manus Island detention centre, moral integrity, off shore detention, Papua New Guinea, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Peter Dutton, PNG, Poverty, rascals, Refugee facts, Refugee resettlement, refugees, resettling refugees, United Nations, violence
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