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Reshape world of work CALL TO CHRISTIANS TO BUILD NEW ECONOMIC, LABOUR SYSTEM OVIEDO, Spain (CNS): Christians must develop a new economic and labour system that is more human than those formed by Marxism and a "neocapitalism" overly concerned with material benefits, said Pope John Paul II. "It involves reshaping the world of work and the economy into something new," the pope said last week at an afternoon outdoor Mass in Oviedo, Spain where he is visiting. "It is not enough that everyone exercise well his role as businessman, union leader, politician, consumer or economist," the pope added. People must "try new endeavours, new initiatives, new forms of solidarity and organisation", he said. Christians must work for a new system "having within it the imprint of justice and beauty", he said.
Today's world shows "the failure of societies under atheistic materialism with its collectivist-bureaucratic organisation of human labour", he said. Having "no fewer problems" is the "neocapitalistic society, too often preoccupied with benefits which can alter the just balance of the labour world," he added. Neocapitalist society "also is affected by a growing materialist culture," the pope said. Christians should get the impulse for building this new system because they share "a common destiny of freedom inscribed in the economy of creation and in the redemption", he said. The pope did not elaborate on the formation of a new economic and labour system.
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'WU ate justice' •
CANBERRA: Raising taxes on portraying women's bodies in Xrated videos will be the ultimate injustice and ultimate indignity according to the capital's director of C atholic social services. Commenting on a statement by the ACT Government Father Tom Wright said: "The greatest irony is the proposal to establish a Social Justice and Women's Affairs Unit within the Chief Minister's Office and, at the same time, not only to condone but to positiviely encourage the exploitation of women by the production and continued distribution of X -rated videos, thus
assuring some men that women are mere sexobjects. "It adds insult to injury to every woman in the ACT that their bodies and their persons are not only to be objects of lust but are to become the source of public money raising — surely the ultimate injustice and ultimate indignity. "Another paradox is the proposal to establish a domestic violence refuge for women. "This can become a hidden persuader and subtle incentive for men prone to violence, to continue their behaviour, safe in the knowledge that women (often with small children) will be forced to flee the
from Catholic Voice Canberra family home, to suffer actue distress and emotional and physical unheaval while the men continue to enjoy the comfort and prestige of being the sole occupant of the often jointlyowned dwelling. "Out the door also goes justice and equity for women. "Surely the establishment of a remedial institution/refuge for the perpetrator would be much more appropriate and beneficial, along with the legal/moral
pressure to ensure its usage. "As for the legislation of the so-called sex industry, this is the strongest and clearest example of sex for money. Women, generally, are cheapened and wives are cheated. As the name implies, once again women are prostituted by men for money. "To regulate it out of existence would help to achieve the fairer community the Government promises. 'There can never be fairness or equity for women, alongside their continued exploitation by greedy, violent and lust-ridden men. "In this context it
wouldn't have been surprising if an additional ACT sales tax had been imosed on items sold by the 'adult' supermarkets, which cater for the puerile and sexually inadequate among Canberra's male population. A spokesman for the Chief Minister, Rosemary Follett's office, said the Government looked upon the proposed sales tax on X-rated videos simply as a means of raising revenue. He said X-rated videos were already available in the ACT and the taxing of them was considered to be similar to taxing other products or services, such as gambling, liquor or cigarettes.
Alarm over cut in aid "Australian Catholic Relief is most alarmed that the Government has cut the allocation for overseas aid in the budget," said Mr Michael Whiteley, National Director of Australian Catholic Relief.
"We recognise that the government is faced with a number of constraints in preparing this budget, but to cut the funds for overseas aid is another case of taking from the poor to meet the requirements of the rich," Mr Whiteley said.
"The current problems faced by the Australian economy are ones caused by affluence. The intended beneficiaries of our overseas aid programme are definitely not suffering from affluence — in fact they are living on the very borderline or existence." "The government evidently believes that overseas development assistance is a 'soft' area for cuts in the budget. They are failing to recognise that the majority of Australians agree with the need to support people in need overseas
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