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Rerum Novarum: how Leo XIII started a revolution

NZ Catholic Staff — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:17:01 +0000

by LYN SMITH
When Pope Leo XIIl released the encyclical Rerum Novarum (On the conditions of the working classes or labour) on May 15, 1891 (125 years ago this year) he may not have realised it was the start of a revolution.echo $variable;

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Good doesn’t always triumph

Nevil Gibson — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:34:57 +0000

by NEVIL GIBSON Campaigners for social justice have always done well out of the cinema. Few filmgoers in their idealistic days will not have been moved to outrage by such classics over the generations as 12 Angry Men (1957), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Silkwood (1983) or the more recent Philadelphia (1993), The Insider

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Canadian Catholics try to balance social justice, life issues

Michael Otto — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

TORONTO (CNS) Canada’s political battleground splits Catholic politicians between those formed by Catholic social justice movements and those who stake their Catholic and political identity on support for life and family issues, said a Church historian. echo $variable;

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Church leaders statement: Towards a more just and compassionate society

Michael Otto — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000

The Church leaders statement made in support of the call for more action issued by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, Aroha tatahi ki tatahi Let us look after each other, is: echo $variable;

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