By Fr. Paul Lansu Senior Policy Advisor, Pax Christi International Catholic social teaching provides a critical framework from where to search values and norms and to contribute to justice, peace and care for the creation. The social ideas of the Church,[1] which have developed over decades, offer an almost inexhaustible richness of points of reference for peace work. Especially concerning the…
Written by Fr Claude Mostowik msc On December 1, 2018, St Mary’s Catholic Parish, Erskineville, hosted a visit by a very unassuming Sr Patricia Fox and (Sister of Sion). This event was organised by Action for Peace and Development in the Philippines and Migrante NSW. More than 40 people attended made up of religious people, parishioners and people from the…
Last Friday, for the hopes of the Indigenous West Papuan people, its flag, with the Morning Star, was raised at Leichhardt Town Hall, and flew all the weekend. In West Papua this is a dangerous activity, unlike raising the Australian flag or even the Aboriginal one, here in Australia. More than 300 West Papuans were arrested and taken on their…
NSW Convenor's Report November 2018 Pax Christi Australia endorsed the international Statement NO International Fleet Review at the Jeju Naval Base which protests any further re-militarisation of Jeju Island named 'The Island of Peace'. Former President President of Kiribati, Anote Tone spoke at the Good Samaritan Congregational Centre, Glebe: Rising Seas: Climate Change in the Pacific, Fr Claude Mostowik, Chair of Inter-congregational Voice on…
Rev Harry Kerr Convenor of Pax Christi reports to Pax Christi Victoria members at AGM being held on 18 November 2018. The work of Pax Christi VIC continues strongly promoting peace communities through the development of themes and moveable Agapes with members of the Pax Christi community in Victoria. Continue to read about all of their work click here
Media Release, November 13 2018 We condemn in the strongest possible terms the killings of Hazaras in Jaghori, Malistan and Khas Uruzgan. In recent days we have seen Afghan Special forces slaughtered by the Taliban and a massive increase in murders of innocent Hazara civilians”, ERC Director Phil Glendenning said “These districts, bordered by the Taliban controlled areas in southern…
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. He won the Nobel prize for literature for his History of Western Philosophy and was the co-author of Principia Mathematica. Reproduced below is the Prologue to Bertrand Russell's Autobiography 'What I Have Lived For'. "Three…
The October Report includes news on the following: Launch of Social Justice Statement at Cathedral Hall in Parramatta on 6 September with links to addresses by Bishop Vincent Long, Jack De Groot and Netty Horton; MSC Conference: Orientation Day for Delegates (11 September) followed by Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Conference comprising three days (12, 13 and 14 September); Attendance at Aboriginal Reconciliation Church in…
The Fair Treatment Campaign, a church-led coalition that is lobbying the NSW government to decriminalise drugs, was launched at a Sydney Town Hall event on 12 October 2018. The keynote speaker at the launch was Sir Richard Branson who has been a long term advocate for ending the war on drugs. The campaign is backed by 60 organisations, including the Law Society of…
When John Minns asked me to help launch No Friend But The Mountains in Canberra I was honoured, because I was aware of Behrouz Boochani’s journalistic work in The Saturday Paper. Now that I have read the book I am humiliated. This work is a searing judgement on the nation of Australia. It strips away our self- righteous claims to…