Catholic Commission for Social Justice
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children” (Nelson Mandela). I thought about Mandela’s words as people called in to a Television programme on which I was a guest. They called to donate money to Hanna Lendor’s fund.
Gospel
Lk 2:1-14
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town.
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ
Today, Sunday 20 December, the world marks International Human Solidarity Day to celebrate unity in diversity; to remind people of the importance of solidarity in working towards eradicating poverty and to remind governments of their commitments to international agreements.
Gospel
Lk 1:39-45
Mary set out and travelled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
Extract from Archbishop Edward Gilbert’s November 7, 2009 speech at a CCSJ workshop to discuss Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical, Charity in Truth