Christian Living / Crisis / Magliano / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published January 11, 2019
Blaming huge numbers of violent killings, assaults, sex crimes and drug overdoses on undocumented immigrants, President Donald Trump in his first prime-time speech from the Oval Office said, “This is a humanitarian crisis, a...
Crisis / Ethics & Human Dignity / War and Refugees
by Jael SC · Published October 22, 2018 · Last modified October 19, 2018
Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly need assistance available. Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian...
Ethics & Human Dignity / Peace & Justice / War and Refugees
by Kilian SC · Published June 20, 2018 · Last modified June 19, 2018
Today is World Refugee Day. To mark the occasion, Daluxolo Moloantoa explains how the Catholic Scalabrini centres respond to Christ: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me”(Mt 25:35). The Catholic Scalabrini Centre has...
Justice & Peace / Magliano / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published May 24, 2018 · Last modified May 21, 2018
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?”
Magliano / Poverty & Social Justice / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published April 20, 2018 · Last modified May 4, 2018
Do you remember the childhood story Stone Soup? It’s an old folktale about a couple of hungry travellers who creatively entice hesitant villagers to fill their large cooking pot with delicious soup ingredients.
Education / Nereesha Patel / War and Refugees
by Nereesha Patel · Published April 3, 2018 · Last modified March 31, 2018
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, a project started by a Catholic school for the education of refugee children will hold a special function in April. The Three2Six Refugee Children’s Education Project in Johannesburg was developed by Sacred Heart College in 2008, and later expanded to Observatory Girls Primary School and Holy Family College.
Global Issues / Magliano / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published March 15, 2018 · Last modified March 13, 2018
‘To call the world’s nuclear situation dire is to understate the danger and its immediacy.” This is the warning of Dr Rachel Bronson, president of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Churches in Afrin, Syria, are calling on the world to stop the slaughter of civilians during the Turkish military assault.
Global Issues / Magliano / Pope Francis / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published January 1, 2018 · Last modified December 26, 2017
On behalf of the world’s often unwanted refugees and migrants, Pope Francis in his Jan. 1 World Day of Peace message titled “Migrants and Refugees: Men and Women in Search of Peace” pleads: “In a spirit of compassion, let us embrace all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by discrimination, persecution, poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands.”
Books / Poverty & Social Justice / Religious Life / War and Refugees
by hazelelponiSC · Published December 29, 2017 · Last modified December 17, 2017
By Ernest Mwape OP – In a new book, the Dominicans articulate the issue of migration from a faith perspective, an angle few historians have so far explored.
Church / Justice & Peace / Magliano / Pope Francis / Violence / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published November 16, 2017 · Last modified December 16, 2017
Tony Magliano discusses how Pope Francis has made two major stands – the death penalty and anti-nuke – placing the Church firmly in the seamless pro-life in all forms camp
Global Issues / Magliano / Peace & Justice / Politics / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published November 3, 2017
Remember the game of chicken? It’s a foolishly high-stakes challenge in which two drivers risking death, drive on a collision course towards each other until one of the drivers chooses to swerve away.
