West Papua Urgent Action
material morning star rising prayerThe commission calls for action to stop the violence in West Papua and bring about justice. An information sheet and pray resources have been produced.
Pray For Our Pacific
Christians in the Pacific ask us to pray for them as they face the challenges of climate change. Pray for Our Pacific – Parishes
Don Dale Royal Commission Response
Aboriginal Christians in Brisbane have issued a statement outlining their concerns about the Royal Commission into juvenile detention in the NT and their expectations of governments and churches. Statement on Don Dale Royal Commission
Commission Calls for Action on School boy Killing In West Papua
The Commission has issued a media release calling for Australian action after members of the Indonesian police unit D88 were reported to have shot and killed an 18 year old unarmed school boy in Nabire in West Papua. Schoolboy Killing in West Papua
Commission Calls for End to Double Standards on West Papua
The Justice & Peace Commission called for an end to the double standards being applied by the Australian Government in relation to human rights in our region. In particular, it asks why the Foreign Minister speaks out about human rights abuses in PNG and not in West Papua.
Stop Double Standards on West Papua
A Movement of the Heart 2016
The Commission has released a resource for use over the period from the Feast of the Sacred Heart (3 June) to the end of NAIDOC Week (July 10).
Over the period from June to early July, a number of special days and weeks are marked. They focus on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, refugees and asylum seekers and the environment.
Pope Francis has repeatedly expressed concerns about the globalisation of indifference towards vulnerable people facing great challenges.
A Movement of the Heart gives Catholics an opportunity to pray for and to take action for 3 groups of people in Australia and our region who have been forced to move or who are facing the possibility of moving from their homes, viz., Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, refugees and asylum seekers and Pacific Islander peoples facing the challenges of climate change.
It is not possible to include everything in such a resource, but if you need more information about anything in the attached material, please contact me Peter Arndt on 3324 3441.
Responding to Laudato Si’
One year ago, Pope Francis issued his encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’. The Global Catholic Climate Movement has prepared a parish kit to help you to make changes in your parish in response to Laudato Si’.
We Will Lose Everything.
We Will Lose Everything May 2016
CJPC Brisbane’s report on its shadow human rights fact finding mission to West Papua this year finds that there is no improvement in human rights in West Papua.
It calls for action at the UN to investigate human rights abuses and for the Indonesian Government to negotiate with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua to find a pathway towards self determination.
Statement of the Catholic Women of West Papua in Response to the Visit of the Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to the Diocese of Jayapura, Papua
Catholic women in West Papua presented a statement of their concerns about the human rights situation in West Papua to a delegation of 20 Bishops from PNG and Solomon Islands who visited Jayapura on 8 & 9 April 2016. 2016.09.04_Statement of the Catholic Women
We’re on the move – are you?
The Commission invites you to a dialogue with peoples from the Pacific about how we can best support them in solidarity as they face the challenges of climate change.
