The Dicastery for Integral Human Development is helping Pope Francis to galvanise Vatican agencies to respond to the pandemic, embrace hope and imagine the future. Cardinal Turkson, explains in the video below that five Working Groups have been established to support local churches to respond… Read More »COVID-19 Commission Communicating Hope
Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service, issued a Pastoral Message for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker. The Message and accompanying video focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our work lives.… Read More »Feast of St Joseph the Worker Pastoral Message 2020
Bishop Vincent Long, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice – Mission and Service, is among the signatories to an appeal to the Federal Government to extend the JobKeeper scheme so that no one is excluded on the basis of their visa status. The… Read More »JobKeeper Should not Leave Migrants Behind
The Office for Social Justice has had to move quickly to adjust its operations in the light of COVID-19. Our staff are working remotely and limiting visits to the office, for their own safety and that of others. The best way to contact us is… Read More »Love in a Time of COVID-19
Bishop Vincent Long, Chair of the Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service, encourages us all to care for each other during this time of the COVID-19 virus. He says that like St Joseph, we should become protectors of life by “not doing anything that… Read More »Not a Time to Look After Ourselves Only
Cardinal Turkson has issued a COVID-19 solidarity call to the Presidents of Bishops Conferences, bishops responsible for health pastoral care, social-healthcare and pastoral workers, civil authorities, patients and all their families, and to volunteers and all persons of goodwill. For every person, believer or non-believer,… Read More »COVID-19 Solidarity Call
Men in ‘the Man Box’ (a set of rules, behaviours, stereotypes about masculinity) are more likely to experience negative life outcomes and to harm others.
The 2020 Poverty in Australia Overview by the Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW Sydney reports that 3.24 million people in Australia are living below the poverty line. They include more than one in eight adults and one in six children. In response, ACOSS has called on government to boost growth in jobs, increase Newstart and Rent Assistance, and invest in social housing.
Sandie Cornish reflects on Pope Francis’ post-synodal exhortation on the Amazon and on his Lenten Message 2020.
A group of Iranian Australians in Sydney have launched a petition calling on the Australian government to take a clear stand against the violation of human rights in Iran since 15 November 2019 when security forces opened fire on peaceful demonstrations in about 200 cities and towns.