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Church’s Social Teaching And The Economy In Zambia
(2003-11-29)Since we are going to be talking about Zambia in great detail this afternoon, I want to open with a phrase I use more and more these days: "Zambia is a very rich country, a very rich country indeed, but Zambia is a country ... -
A Church in The Modern World of Africa: The Zambian Experience
(2005-03)Zambia became independent of British colonial rule in 1964, one year before that greatest document of the Second Vatican Council, Church in the Modem World (Gaudium et Spes), was published. The Catholic church in Zambia ... -
Hiv And Aids: A Justice Perspective
(2006-04)Almost twenty-five years have passed since the publication of the first report on what was to develop as the AIDS pandemic. During those years HIV and AIDS have expanded at an accelerating rate in every continent and now ... -
What is The Church’s Social Teaching Saying About Property Grabbing ?
(2006-10)This pamphlet has been prepared to assist Christian groups (e.g., Small Christian Communities, Justice and Peace groups, Bible Study groups, Fellow-ship groups, etc,) to learn more about the Church Social Teaching (CST) - ... -
JCTR Communications Strategy
(2007-09-10)JCTR began in 1988 as a project of the Zambia-Malawi Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). In the work of social justice, the quality of communication and how widely it is done is very critical. This communication ... -
Church In Africa: Relevant And Credible?
(2008-06)On 28 June 2007, Pope Benedict XVI called for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops to be held in the Vatican in October 2009. The theme of this Second Assembly is: “The Church in Africa in Service ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2009
(2009)As I stood on a dusty, sunny, and crowded arena in Chikuni Mission, Monze, watching the flamboyant dance and attires of the Mukanzubo Kalinda Cultural Centre, I couldn’t refrain from thinking about how culture (traditional ... -
JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2009
(2009)The second quarter of 2009 was an interesting one but also an annoying one. Debates on the global financial crisis and development aid occupied most of the second quarter in Zambia. The quarter was interesting because ... -
What is The Church’s Social Teaching Saying About Corruption?
(2010)Corruption in Zambia is widespread and continues to grow, despite the fact that Zambia is a fairly democratic and peaceful country. Nearly every day, there are significant number of corruption cases involving huge sums of ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2010
(2010)The key event in the third quarter of 2010 at JCTR was the blessing of the new JCTR Offices and the installation of the new JCTR Director, Fr. Leonard Chiti, S.J., on 10 September. After working as JCTR Director for ... -
JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2010
(2010)The second quarter of 2010 in Zambia presented very interesting challenges in the governance situation in Zambia. Three key situations presented themselves. First, the Draft Zambian Constitution was released on 18 June ... -
What Is The Church’s Social Teaching Saying About Politics?
(2010-08)The Church, by reason of her role and competence, is not identified in any way with the political community nor bound to any political system. She is at once a sign and a safeguard of the transcendent character of the human ... -
What is The Church's Social Teaching Saying About Human Trafficking
(2010-12)Trafficking in persons (Human Trafficking) has become a well documented issue although it remains in some way invisible to our eyes. The stories of human trafficking we hear about are often of people who have been rescued ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2011
(2011)A few weeks ago Zambia witnessed yet another relatively peaceful change of government, the first having been in 1991 when multiparty democracy was introduced. Needless to say, this phenomenon is unprecedented in the African ... -
JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2011
(2011)Three months ago, the constitution making-process in Zambia came to another halt when the proposed Constitution Bill did not get the two-thirds endorsement it required to pass in Parliament. This was an inauspicious ... -
JCTR Bulletin 4th Quarter 2011
(2011)We have come to the end of 2011! This has been an eventful as well as a defining year for Africa’s political landscape. The innate yearn for justice by peoples in their respective countries manifested itself in gallant ... -
Catholic Social Teaching And The Aids Epidemic
(2011-01)The Church’s social teaching refers to a body of teaching on social, economic, political and cultural matters developed over a long period by the Catholic Church, but proposed more explicitly and systematically in the years ... -
Catholic Social Teaching And The AIDS Pandemic
(2011-01)The Church’s social teaching refers to a body of teaching on social, economic, political and cultural matters developed over a long period by the Catholic Church, but proposed more explicitly and systematically in the years ... -
Survey on Employment Generating Policies and Strategies in Zambia
(2011-08)The basic fact that low income households possess few assets of their own can hardly be contested. The most abundant resource at the disposal of the poor is their labour. Thus, a development strategy that more fully employs ... -
What is The Church’s Social Teaching Saying About Labour?
(2011-10)Ever since the origin of human life, human beings have had to work for their upkeep and survival. However, unlike pre-historic times where labour was mostly of an informal, subsistence, and individualised nature, today it ...
