Cardinal John Dew will launch a Poverty and Justice Bible campaign in Wellington on 13 September 2015 to coincide with the start of Social Justice Week. Over 350 people are expected to attend the event. CathNews New Zealand reports that the campaign, jointly developed by the Bible Society New Zealand and Caritas Aotearoa New...
Is your faith other worldly? Does it draw you away from or more deeply into engagement with the world? Pope Francis was speaking to families during his visit to Manila. How might faith encourage depth in your family life, work, and action for a more just society? Do you consider your spirituality to be...
Bishop Bill Wright, Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle Diocese in Australia, reminds us that the call to be Easter people is a call to live justly. What does it mean to you to try to live as Jesus did? How can we, like Jesus, be people of “integrity who will not bow down before injustice or...
How do you see the relationship between charity & justice? Where do you feel called to move beyond justice to forgiveness and love?
I’m pleased to be joining up with the Wollongong Diocese Justice, Ecology and Peace Council to present a workshop on Catholic Social Teaching. We will be following an Ignatian methodology (just like Pope Francis), exploring local issues and nurturing a spirituality of justice.
How do the Scriptures call you to live justly? Scripture provides a vision of a just society, as well as some specific moral teachings like the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule and the Beatitudes. We can also draw on the person and example of Jesus, the stories of Biblical characters, parables and wisdom sayings....
Context The 1971 Synod of Bishops statement Justicia in Mundo is also known as Justice in the World. It is not a social encyclical, or a Papal document, but it is still regarded as one of the major international Catholic Social Teaching documents. Bishops from all over the world gathered in a meeting known...