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Vatican and U.N. team up on climate change against skeptics (from Reuters)

VATICAN CITY | BY PHILIP PULLELLA

Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:30am EDT

Pope Francis shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) during a meeting at the Vatican April 28, 2015.

from: REUTERS/OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Reuters) – The Vatican and the United Nations teamed up to warn the world of the effects […]

Catholics, caring for the environment, concerned about Climate Change.

The Global Catholic Climate Movement – for God’s Creation, the Poor and future generations is echoing the call of Pope Francis,

“On climate change – there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.” The Global Catholic Climate Movement formed from almost 100 Catholic organizations concerned about human-made climate change. United by […]

NetAct and the 2015 NSW State Election

Download “Caring for Tomorrow – A responsibility of each of us” – a reflection on the following issues in the light of Gospel values and Catholic Social Teaching.

1. Aboriginal Juvenile Imprisonment Rates

2. The Coal Seam Gas Industry

3. Educating for Life

4. The Environment – Our Precious Inheritance

5. Food Sustainability

6. […]

Social Justice and the Steady State Economy

Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet

There is a growing recognition that infinite economic growth is not possible on a finite planet and that the human race (largely the rich) is presently living beyond the means of the Earth to sustain our present life style. While some concerned individuals have given up hope that […]

Social Justice Twilight Reflection Evening – Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Voices from Bougainville Report, Launch and Tour

The re-opening of the Panguna mine in Bougainville, closed for 25 years after sparking a decade-long civil war, has been proposed by the Rio Tinto subsidiary BCL. With the mine closed to outsiders, local perspectives on the reopening, especially women in affected communities, have not been heard. Jubilee Australia’s ‘Voices from Bougainville’ report, to […]

Argentina’s Debt Case: the International Dimension and an interview with Jubilee USA

Argentina’s Debt Case: the International Dimension

By Ezequiel Adamovsky

Source: teleSur English August 4, 2014 from ZNet at http://zcomm.org/znetarticle/argentinas-debt-case-the-international-dimension/ In an unprecedented situation, on 30th July the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s declared Argentina on “selective default”, after New York judge Thomas Griesa blocked the payments the country had already deposited for the 93% […]

Forum: Connecting and Collaborating: What are you doing to assist asylum seekers in Sydney?

When: 28th August 10am – 3pm the Mercy Foundation is hosting a forum for people working in organisations that assist or want to assist asylum seekers in our community. Register by 21 August.

Where: Mercy Foundation, Poche Centre Auditorium, Level 1, 40 Rocklands Road, Wollstonecraft, NSW, 2065 (directly opposite the Mater Hospital).

Sanctioned Violence: What does it do to our society and relationships

An Invitation from Catholic Earthcare Australia and the NSW EcoMission Network

The launch of the NSW launch of the National Energy Efficiency Network (NEEN).

Please join with us and other community leaders and change agents on Wednesday, July 16th at the Carriageworks for the NSW launch of the National Energy Efficiency network (NEEN). The launch will also include an energy efficiency seminar, community workshop and […]

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