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Cat o ic B" shops have adop e a charter or the Church's new Social J stice Council. A e same ime hey have a nou nee ha e dis ribution of wealth will be he eme of a documen to be issued by the Church in 989.
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The social us ice document will be prepared using a ne process, adapted to Aus ralian conditions from methods vela d by the Church in he United States of America in preparing pastoral letters on peace and on the economy. hese d cisions re ta en by the Bisho s at a confere ce in Sy n y this w e . Announcing the decisions today, Bi h p William Brennan of Wagga Wagga aid that the American m I inv lved wi consultsyond th Church. t ha be n i "highly educational, ry public and open to the total community".
Bishop Brennan is th Deputy for Social Justice of he Bishops' Committ for Justice, De lopment and Peace.
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Bishop Brennan said that the Bishops' Conference had received a report prepared by an expert cornrnittee h aded by Brother ark O'Connor of Melbourne. The Bishops' Committee had sent Brother O'Connor to th US to investigate t e Am rican hierarchy's m thods. It is e ted th n w proc ss will ta e 18 months to compl te.
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