Tag: Catholic Social Teaching
Radical policy shift needed to put people first
Don’t be afraid to let the Holy Spirit inform and guide you. That was the message from several of the nation’s most distinguished academic leaders to a group of educators and students at the La Salle Academy and Catholic Schools NSW forum on Catholic Social Teaching in Australian Politics.
Church must regain its former confidence: CSNSW CEO
CSNSW CEO Dallas McInerney will speak alongside NSW Parliamentarians and academics next month to present Catholic Social Teaching to a new generation of teachers and leaders. With secular political alternatives failing and a hostile media less influential than ever, Catholics must stop self-censoring and find their voice, McInerney says.
Celebrating our poverty-fighting heroes
Palms Australia is an international development organisation inspired by Catholic Social Teaching that has been sending participants on global mission since 1961. Recently they hosted the 2024 Palms Solidarity Awards to celebrate the individuals and organisations working towards reducing global poverty.
No seat at jobs summit for nation’s biggest non-government employer
Representatives from the Catholic Church and Catholic agencies have not been invited to the Federal Government’s jobs summit, despite the Church being the largest...
It’s time for a ‘family wage’
Election 2022 is over, yet we're still decades overdue for essential tax reform for families.
The Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations recently called for...
Does Christianity have a future under Labor?
Labor is intensifying its attempts to court Christian votes in the lead-up to the 2022 Federal election, with Senator Kristina Keneally appearing at an...
COVID Public Health Response Shows Limits of Care and Control
Public health orders raise questions about health, rights and conscience that are not easily resolved
Mark Shea: A cautionary tale from America
The conclusion of a three-part series on heresy
We’ve been talking in this space about heresy and the Catholic Both/And approach to the Church’s social...
Mark Shea: Catholic both/and social teaching
The second of a three-part series on heresy
Last time in this space, we looked at heresy and its modern manifestation, ideology. We noted that...
Labour laws must be fair to workers, leaders urge
Leading groups such as Catholic Social Services Australia and Vinnies say reform plans must be revisited.
Confirmed in Love with Sydney’s Aboriginal Catholic Ministry
A celebration as a rite-of-passage within the unique Aboriginal Catholic heritage.
US Congressman Dan Lipinski: Catholic social teaching antidote to sectarianism
Catholic social teaching is desperately needed to enrich public discourse
