Pax Christi Australia

Pope Francis’ 52nd World Day of Peace message in the year 2019, invited us to reflect on the theme “Good politics is at the service of peace”. The Pope’s message was that politics, though essential to building human communities and institutions, can become a means of oppression, marginalization and even destruction when political life is not seen as a form…

As mothers and grandmothers, our spirits are crying. We want to meet with the NT commissioner of police Theresa Alice and Amelia Turner The Guardian November 20, 2019 Quentin Walker Jurrah protests in front of the Alice Springs police headquarters over the death of his grandson.Photograph: Rhett Hammerton The death of Mr Walker affects everyone. This could have been any…

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26 June 2019 Quakers in Britain are launching a new education pack to help young people learn about the impact of conflict and stories of peace-building in Palestine and Israel. Building peace the world needs. (Photo: Michael Preston) Aimed for use with 14 to18-year-olds, Razor Wire & Olive Branches draws on eyewitness accounts of human rights monitors, known as ecumenical accompaniers, to…

EARTH@PEACE CONFERENCE The two day Earth@Peace Conference  took place in Melbourne just before Anzac Day this year. The Conference is part of a year long, multi-faceted project addressing the most critical issues of our time. The aim is to foster a national dialogue on a just and ecologically sustainable peace and its implications for Australia. The entire proceedings of the Earth@Peace Conference:…

At school, Bruce Pascoe was taught Aboriginal people were backward wanderers. Today, the Dark Emu author argues for curiosity and doubt Bruce Pascoe The Guardian 2 June 2, 2019 ‘We, the quiet people, need to rebel’: Bruce Pascoe. Photograph: Vicky Shukuroglou A million fish died in our rivers last summer because billionaires dammed the upper reaches of several major Australian…

Dean Parkin Sydney Morning Herald May 27, 2019 The tension is rippling through the room; you can almost see it shimmer as more than 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples pause for a heavy, silent moment. Professor Megan Davis, an indomitable Cobble Cobble woman, pro-vice chancellor at the University of NSW and member of the Referendum Council, has just…