Views – Diocese of Leeds: Justice and Peace Commission

Care Workers – Modern Day Slavery in the UK

February 3, 2025

122,000 people currently living in the UK are modern-day slaves – what can we do?

Contributed by: Sara Forrest, Commission member

Categories Catholic Social Thought,Refugees & migrants

Tags careworkers,justice,modernslavery,slavery

Never again for anyone

January 31, 2025

The Nazi Holocaust destroyed a third of the global Jewish population and the world said: NEVER AGAIN. But genocide did happen again.

Contributed by: Robert Cohen

Categories Palestine

Tags gaza,genocide,holocaust,Israel-Palestine,memorialday,palestine

JUBILEE YEAR 2025

December 27, 2024

As ‘People of the Way’, how do we become the best version of ourselves?

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission chair

Categories Catholic Social Thought

Tags John Battle,jubilee,pilgrim,pilgrimsofhope,YearofJubilee

Was Jesus a Supporter of a Real Living Wage?

November 8, 2024

What does the parable of the labourers in the Vineyard really tell us?

Contributed by: Joe Burns, Commission member

Categories UK Poverty,Yorkshire

Tags NJPN,reallivingewage

Gaza Ceasefire & UK arms to Israel

July 15, 2024

A recent statement at a Leeds demonstration & why are we still arming Israel?

Contributed by: Carol Burns, Leeds Diocese Pax Christi group

Categories Palestine,Yorkshire

Tags gaza,PaxChristi

The General Election – a view from the SPARK Social Justice Community

June 4, 2024

Using Christ as our beacon, we can see the path we must pave: an end to hunger, to dirty water, to homelessness, to poverty…..

Contributed by: Anthony Bracuti

Categories Catholic Social Thought

Tags Election,SPARKsocialjustice

Advocacy, Faith & Justice

September 23, 2023

As Church, we need to re-examine and re-define what we mean by ‘advocacy’

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories Catholic Social Thought

Tags LeedsJP

reflecting on Climate Change

September 5, 2023

A personal response to climate change

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Contributed by: Sara Forrest, Commission member

Categories Climate Change

People on the Move

April 23, 2023

how do we respond to the refugee and migrant crisis which is exacerbated by Climate Change?

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories Catholic Social Thought,Climate Change,Refugees & migrants

The Poor Pay the Price

December 11, 2022

There is now a serious crisis for those on the lowest incomes

graphic of impact of cost of living changes

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories UK Poverty

Tags CostofLivingCrisis

A CHRISTMAS OF DISCONTENT?

December 5, 2022

Should Catholics support or take part in Strikes?

Contributed by: Joe Burns, Commission Member

Categories Catholic Social Thought

Tags CardinalManning,RerumNovarum

The Need for Priorities

September 5, 2022

The need for new priorities for the new Prime Minister – ones that align with Catholic Social Teaching

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories Catholic Social Thought

Abortion – a postscript to our July article

September 3, 2022

In case anyone got the wrong impression!

Contributed by: Joe Burns, Commission member

Roe Vs Wade Overturned in USA

July 15, 2022

Categories Catholic Social Thought

Renewing the work of Justice & Peace in the Leeds Diocese

May 18, 2022

Being a Catholic is about transforming the world!

Contributed by: Joe Burns, Commission member

Categories Catholic Social Thought,Yorkshire

Tags DioceseofLeeds

Protect the Poor

March 15, 2022

Alleviating pressures on the poor should be the spring budget priority to establish some basic economic justice.

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories UK Poverty

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