posted Mar 1, 2015, 2:01 PM by Sean Donovan
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Welcome to the monthly news and
information briefing from the Australian Catholic Social
Justice Council, the social justice and human rights agency of the
Catholic Church in Australia. This email contains highlights only. The full
Briefing is online.
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The
ACSJC is among the national peak bodies, religious groups, and other
organisations voicing strong support for The Forgotten Children:
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, the
long-awaited report of the expert team that visited 11 detention centres,
with repeat visits to Christmas Island, took over a thousand interviews
with children and their parents and received over 230 submissions. Read
more
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The
Mercy Campaign is still seeking clemency for Myuran Sukamaran and Andrew
Chan who were arrested in 2005 in Indonesia for trafficking drugs, even
though their appeals have been rejected and their execution is
imminent. Read
more
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The
2015 Social Justice Diary includes the dates of significant events,
anniversaries and special days which celebrate particular aspects of
social justice. It provides a social justice program for the full year,
including information and ideas for prayer and reflection. Read
more
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The
theme for the World Day of Prayer 2015 is 'Jesus said to them 'Do You
Know What I Have Done to You?' The World Day of Prayer is a global
ecumenical movement which brings Christians of many traditions together
to observe a common day of prayer each year. Read
more
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The
Catholic Church of Papua New Guinea spoke out against the resumption of
the death penalty, with government plans to execute 13 death row inmates
by the end of the year. Read
more
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This
is the encyclical written by Pope Paul VI on the topic of 'the progress
of peoples'. It stresses that the economy of the world should serve
mankind and not just the few. It touches on a variety of principles of
Catholic social teaching: the right to a just wage; the right to security
of employment; the right to fair and reasonable working conditions; the
right to join a union; and the universal destination of resources and
goods. Read
more
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