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Globalisation
of Indifference - term used by Pope Francis to describe a growing harshness towards the poor: asylum seekers, prisoners, people living in poverty c.f.
Mt 24.12: With an increase of lawlessness, |
2013-09-10 John W John W's previous articles
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Globalisation
of Indifference - term used by Pope Francis to describe a growing harshness towards the poor: asylum seekers, prisoners, people living in poverty c.f.
Mt 24.12: With an increase of lawlessness, |
What can be done to reverse this trend?
"The real challenge is to persuade our fellow Australians that each person
matters, not because of the choices they make or the qualities they possess, but
because they are human, and that a society is measured by the quality of its
relationships." ..... The challenge is for those
skilled in telling stories to use their skills in print, blog, You tube clip and
audio pod to saturate new and old media with the stories, and photographs of
those who are currently considered as "other". It is through
life-stories that we recognise that the other is like me"
- John Francis Collins, Sep 12, 2013 comment at
this article
"Statistics
have never changed the hearts of people. Stories
do. If we could find a way to bring the real ‘boat people’ out of the
darkness of detention into the visibility of the community, there could be
opportunities for them to tell us their stories. Then, maybe, the conscience of
the nation might be re-discovered"
- Clare Condon SGS, June 18, 2013,
in
this article
Oct 17, 2013: Is Australia becoming comfortable with inequality?
Oct 16, 2013: Pope Francis: the globalisation of indifference to the scandal of hunger
Sep
9, 2013: Balancing the books on the backs of the poor
The Coalition's plan to slash billions from our aid budget so the lucky
country can build itself more roads has left me truly stunned and wondering what
kind of nation we really want to live in
Sep
5, 2013: Caritas
Australia deeply concerned by proposed $4.5 billion cut to foreign aid
“This $4.5 billion could save up to 450,000 lives
Sep
3, 2013
letter from Bishop Hurley to Tony Abbott
"I sit here at my desk with a heavy heart and a deep and abiding
sadness, that the leaders of the nation that my father, as an immigrant,
taught me to love with a passion, have adopted such a brutal,
uncompassionate and immoral stance towards refugees"
Sep 2013: The rise of the new global super-rich Chrystia Freeland explores the growing gap between the working poor and the increasingly disconnected mega-rich
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