The Tragedy of Child Labour
For millions of working children worldwide, the adventures of school year remain but a dream. Sadly, these children will never learn to read or write. They will not acquire computer skills. They will...
Category: Justice & Peace
How the Apostleship of the Sea Helps Abused Sailors
While the Apostleship of the Sea has as its primary purpose the pastoral care of seafarers, the international Catholic organisation also engages itself for the rights of those who spend their lives at sea.
Jesuit Brother: Church Must Act on Climate Change
The SAFCEI is a “multi-faith organisation committed to supporting faith leaders and their communities in Southern Africa’’ on issues regarding the earth and the environment, according to the institute’s website. It aims to promote ‘’awareness, understanding and action on eco-justice, sustainable living and climate change”.
Church Leaders Condemn State Plundering
Leaders of all significant South African churches, including the Catholic Church, have condemned the evident “plundering of public resources”, blatant waste of taxpayers’ money, prevailing corruption, and weakening of public institutions.
Asia Bibi’s Fate After 8 Years
Catholic Asia Bibi has been held in solitary confinement in Pakistan since November 2010, when she was sentenced to hang for insulting Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Ashiq Masih, her husband, said that if...
‘Holy Land Christians Need our Solidarity’
If we are looking for an example of Christian unity in action, we should look to the Palestinian Christians, and other Christian communities in the Middle East. This was one of the messages in...
Church Justice & Peace hails Nene, tells him to quit
While applauding the courage of finance minister Nhlanhla Nene’s in presenting himself to the Zondo Commission on state capture, the SACBC Justice and Peace Commission has called on him to resign. At the commission’s...
CPLO: Rural Poor Move to Cities at Increasing Rate
The CPLO has warned that shack-building is increasing due to high levels of unemployment and urbanisation, with the number of households living in backyard-dwellings up by 55% during the previous decade.
Commit Yourself to Ending War this Memorial Day
As the United States approaches its annual day to remember the more than 1 million American combatants who have died in the country’s many wars, it is most appropriate to ask ourselves, “What would be the wisest and most loving way to celebrate Memorial Day?”
Still Seeking the Mountaintop: 50 years after Martin Luther King’s Assassination
Father Pat Connor was on his way from a graduate class at the University of Memphis to St. Joseph Hospital to visit a priest friend the evening of April 4, 1968.
J & P Advocacy Strategies: How to be an Agent of Change
The Justice & Peace Commission of Durban archdiocese hosted a workshop on advocacy, lobbying and training at Albert Falls Conference Centre. The workshop was presented by archdiocese J&P coordinator Kalie Senyane, with chaplain Fr Cyril Xaba, Fr Sipho Mbatha of Eshowe diocese, Robert Mafinyori of the SACBC Justice & Peace Commission, and Dr Kudakwashe Shonhiwa of Peace Oasis International.
Bishop Abel Gabuza Warns on Water for Mining
Bishop Abel Gabuza of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s Justice and Peace Commission (J&P) has called on the new minister of mineral resources to prioritise environmental challenges associated with mining, especially the protection of water against the pursuit of short-term economic gains in the mining industry.
