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Thursday, September 30th, 2021
For Catholics who put their faith first, before anything else, there is one way – above all others – to view the life and death issues facing local communities, the nation and the world: and that is, through the lens of the Gospel and Catholic social teaching! But instead, it clearly appears that more often Read more
Tags: Abortion, Capital punishement, Climate Change, Conservative Catholic, Environment, Euthanasia, Human Trafficking, Hunger, Infanticide, Liberal Catholic, migrants, Poverty, Racism, Refugees, Religious freedom, Stemm cell research
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021
The former Australian prime minister John Howard has reignited the religious freedom debate, arguing schools should be able to hire teachers based on whether they accept the beliefs the school is based on in the same way political parties favour staff who believe in a party’s ideals. In a presentation to Christian organisation Family Voice Read more
Tags: Family Voice Australia, John Howard, Religious freedom
Posted in News Shorts, World | Comments Off on John Howard calls for religious schools to have anti-discrimination exemption
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Pope Francis Social Encyclical: ‘Fratelli Tutti’ was launched at the Vatican, Sunday 4 October, 2020. The document focuses on fraternity and social friendship as the ways to build a better, more just and peaceful world – with the contribution of all: people and institutions. The official summary follows, with a link to download the full Read more
Tags: Borders, Charity, Death penalty, Forgiveness, Fratelli Tutti, Globalism, Human fraternity, kindness, Love, Marketplace, migrants, Peace, Politics, Pope Francis, Religious freedom, War, Weapons
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Fratelli Tutti – Summary of Francis Encyclical – on the fraternity and social friendship
Monday, October 5th, 2020
October 4, Pope Francis signed his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti during a visit to Assisi. The encyclical calls for a new kind of politics and emphasises social friendship as a way to build a more just and peaceful world. It encourages the contribution of all people and institutions and seeks to build a global movement Read more
Tags: Borders, Charity, Death penalty, Forgiveness, Fratelli Tutti, Globalism, Human fraternity, kindness, Love, Marketplace, migrants, Peace, Politics, Pope Francis, Religious freedom, War, Weapons
Posted in World | Comments Off on Fratelli Tutti: Francis explores fraternity and social friendship
Monday, September 14th, 2020
A committee from Western Australia’s Legislative Council recommends preserving the confessional seal. In its report on the Children and Community Services Amendment Bill 2019, the Council’s legislation committee says: “Ministers of religion be excused from criminal responsibility [of mandatory reporting] only when the grounds of their belief is based solely on information disclosed during religious Read more
Tags: Australia, Child sex abuse, Religious freedom, seal of confession, Western Australia
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Chinese Christians receiving government assistance have been told to replace Christ with Mao or risk losing their welfare payments. Compliance includes replacing all religious symbols in their homes with pictures of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping. Christians in several provinces have had visits from government officials and had their religious images replaced. The policy Read more
Tags: China, Church in China, Religious freedom, Religious Liberty
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of “gross and egregious” human rights abuses against its Uighurs and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out. Reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were “reminiscent of something not seen for a long time”, he told the BBC. The UK Read more
Tags: China, Human rights, Religious freedom, Uighurs, UK
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Monday, July 6th, 2020
On behalf of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, I call on Christians of all traditions and people of all faiths, throughout Asia and the world, to pray for Hong Kong, and indeed for China and all her people, with great insistence. The government of China has imposed a new national security law on Hong Read more
Tags: Cardinal Bo, China, Democracy, Freedom, Hong Kong, National security law, Religious freedom
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Cardinal Bo: Let us pray for Hong Kong
Monday, July 6th, 2020
The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences is concerned about China’s new security law in Hong Kong. In a statement, Cardinal Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon in Myanmar and president of the Asian Bishops’ Conferences says the bishops are calling for Christians to pray for the people of Hong Kong and China. China’s President Xi Jinping Read more
Tags: Catholic Bishops, China, Hong Kong, Human rights, Religious freedom, Security law
Posted in World | Comments Off on Asian Bishops’ Conferences concerned about new Hong Kong law