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For decades, timed with each U.S. presidential election cycle, the U.S. bishops regularly drafted a guide for faithful political engagement. That stopped with the papacy of Pope Francis. Why is unclear. As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Francis' election, what is clear is the need for a new document, one that speaks to the sweeping changes that have occurred in America and globally, and one that reflects this papacy's sharpening of church teachings about the role of the church in the world.

The last guide, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," was drafted in 2007 amidst lingering Catholic division following John Kerry's 2004 presidential candidacy and that elections Communion wars. It reads like a time capsule of that era. While much should be admired about "Faithful Citizenship," America and the world have seen dramatic changes in the intervening years.

In 2007, Benedict XVI was pope. The Gulf War was raging. The first iPhone appeared and social media was in its infancy. AI, data mining and gene editing were not yet things. Human-caused climate change was a theory still in doubt. Roe was still settled law; LGBTQ rights were not. It was written before the Great Recession, #OccupyWallStreet, #MeToo, the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, fake news, Russia's invasions of Ukraine, surging white Christian nationalism and before Jan. 6.

The year 2007 also marked a meeting of Latin American bishops in Brazil, at Aparecida, from which a pastoral theology emerged, championed by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Six years later he would be pope and that theology refocused the church's role in public life.

Putting the Gospels ahead of canon law, Aparecida theology takes Christ at his word in Luke's Gospel where he reads from Isaiah, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor." Francis speaks similarly of Matthew 25 and the Beatitudes, as the "twin pillars of Christianity." Within days of the papal election Francis remarked, "Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor," reflecting the heart of Aparecida theology and offering a touchstone for rewriting "Faithful Citizenship."

Since the early Church Fathers, Christianity has taught that politics must be for the common good of the whole community. Inspired by the Gospels, Aparecida offers the gauge of the common good to be the lived life of the poor. That insight bears repeating: The measure of the common good is the lived life and dignity of the poor. The measure of civilization is the life and dignity of the poorest among us.

The poor of whom the Gospels speak are not only those without money. They are those on the peripheries of society the ignored, powerless, oppressed, discriminated against, immigrants and refugees, racial minorities, the imprisoned, the elderly, the sick, those not yet born and even abused creation itself.

Christian citizenship calls us to measure engagement in public life for what it means for the life and dignity of these poor. Every law, policy, institutional procedure and social norm must reflexively and continuously be considered against the criterion that is the real lives of these "poor."

If this sounds like charity, it is. Reiterating his predecessors, Francis locates politics among the highest forms of charity. Yet, charity (caritas) cannot be downward-looking pity that reinforces marginalization. Politics as charity must open itself to those on the periphery and bring them into communion, brotherhood and sisterhood, and into a just equality with all.

As Francis explains in Amoris Laetitia, this is done by: welcoming, accompanying, discerning situations and integrating. It is also synodal inasmuch as the church's role in public life is not to judge, but to be open to the world (never closed), listen and dialogue. True politics is caritas, directed toward the common good, the measure of which is the life of the poor.

Would this mean that the work of governing and political engagement should never be concerned about other matters like the economy, transportation, agriculture or even the military? Not at all. It means that such policies can only be right when they improve or at a minimum do not further harm those whom Christ in Matthew 25 calls the "least" among us.

Previous political guides from the U.S. bishops were informed by canon law, judging policies and candidates against church ordinances. The Holy Father, however, has remarked that church teaching is best without "shall nots," that instead a genuine encounter with the word of God and with the person of Jesus Christ must be foundational much as Aparecida theology emphasizes the Gospels. Similarly, a new "Faithful Citizenship," informed essentially by concern for the poor, would put evangelization and a positive vision for Christian political life center stage.

The Holy Father criticizes the idea of Catholic or Christian political parties and utterly rejects any imagining of Christian political life as a crusade of holy warriors against sinners. In his encyclical Fratelli Tutti and elsewhere, he speaks of "a better kind of politics" in contrast to the low-form politics too often seen in practice.

A better kind of politics is not ideological, not partisan, open to dialogue (not closed in self-righteousness), directed to the common good (not private interests), wielding caritas (not power), and ever intent on building bridges rather than walls of us-versus-them. Understood in this way, he reaffirms traditional church teaching on the true nobility of politics and public service.

It might be objected that rewriting "Faithful Citizenship" from the Gospels' emphasis on the poor lacks the specificity and juridical edge that came with terms such as "intrinsic evil," "material cooperation" and "non-negotiable." Yet, with the lived life of the poor as the measure of the common good, a wide-ranging, comprehensive theory of government and politics can be discerned and a general vision for promoting policies and laws is evident.

With the lived life of the poor as the measure of the common good, a wide-ranging, comprehensive theory of government and politics can be discerned and a general vision for promoting policies and laws is evident.

Concerned with lifting up the marginalized and bringing those on the peripheries into solidarity, and recognizing the equal dignity of all and empowering the powerless, the Aparecida approach would support democracy for all, diverse inclusivity, expansive human rights and popular sovereignty. Accordingly, the power of the state would also be limited and checked. These are the earmarks of liberal governance.

Similarly, a broad vision for policies is evident the Aparecida approach. It would encompass everything from assisted housing and health care to education and employment. Welcoming refugees and migrants, caring for creation, peacebuilding, anti-racism and developing an economic system that does not overly reward some while impoverishing others these too are evident policies of a noble politics measured by what we do for the life and dignity of those on the peripheries.

"Faithful Citizenship" was written for a different time, amid different demands for faithful citizenship. It was written before Pope Francis offered the church his insight for refocusing the role of the church in public life. American Catholics need a new document, one that speaks to our new times and one that reflects the teachings of this papacy.

Editor's note:Schneck's views are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of theUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

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Austrias data protection authority has found that use of Metas tracking technologies violated EU data protection law as personal data was transferred to the US where the information was at risk from government surveillance.

The finding flows from a swathe of complaints filed by European privacy rights group noyb, back in August 2020, which also targeted websites use of Google Analytics over the same data export issue. A number of EU DPAs have since found use of Google Analytics to be unlawful and some (such as Frances CNIL) have issued warnings against use of the analytics tool without additional safeguards. But this is the first finding that Facebook tracking tech breached the EUs General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

All the decisions follow a July 2020 ruling by the European Unions top court that struck down the high level EU-US Privacy Shield data transfer agreement after judges once again identified a fatal clash between US surveillance laws and EU privacy rights. (A similar finding, back in 2015, invalidated Privacy Shields predecessor: Safe Harbor.)

noyb trumpets the latest data transfer breach finding by an EU DPA as groundbreaking arguing that the Austrian authoritys decision should send a signal to other sites that its not advisable to use Meta trackers (the complaint concerns Facebook Login and the Meta pixel).

The decision relates to use of Metas tracking tools by a local news website (its name is redacted from the decision) as of August 2020 which the site in question stopped using shortly after the complaint was filed. However the decision could have much broader implications for use of Metas tech, given how much personal data the adtech giant processes. So while the breach finding relates to just one of the sites noyb targeted in this batch of strategic complaints there are implications for scores more and potentially for any EU site thats still using Metas tracking tools given the ongoing legal uncertainty around EU-US data transfers.

Facebook has pretended that its commercial customers can continue to use its technology, despite two Court of Justice judgments saying the opposite. Now the first regulator told a customer that the use of Facebook tracking technology is illegal, said Max Schrems, chair of noyb.eu, in a statement.

Many websites use Facebook tracking technology to track users and show personalized advertisement. When websites include this technology they also forward all user data to the US multinational and onwards to the NSA [US National Security Agency]. While the European Commission is still aiming to publish the third EU-US data transfer deal, the fact that US law still allows bulk surveillance means that this matter will not be solved any time soon, noyb further suggests in a press release.

For its part, Meta has responded to the news by seeking to play down the significance of the Austrian DPAs decision. In a statement, a company spokesperson claimed the finding is based on historical circumstances and suggested it does not impact how businesses can use our products. Heres its statement in full:

This decision is based on historical circumstances and only relates to a single company in connection with its use of Facebook Pixel and Facebook Login on a single day in 2020. While we disagree with many aspects of the decision, it does not impact how businesses can use our products. This case stems from a conflict between EU and US law which is in the process of being resolved.

In the 46-page decision [NB: the link is to a machine translated (non-official) English version] the Austrian DPA sets out its reasoning for finding a local sites use of Meta tracking tools breached the GDPRs requirements on data transfers, noting that the regulation requires that data on EU users is adequately protected if its transferred out of the bloc, to so-called third countries (such as the US). Yet it found none of the possible protections for such data exports (such as an adequacy decision) applied in this instance hence determining that the GDPRs Article 44 (on data transfers) was violated.

Another key component of the decision is that data collected by Metas tracking technologies which includes a large number of data-points, including IP address, user ID, mobile OS and browser data, screen resolution, Facebook cookie data and much more constitutes personal data under EU law.

As a result of the implementation of Facebook Business Tools, cookies were set on [the] end device of the complainant which contain a unique, randomly generated value This makes it possible to individualise the complainants terminal device and record the complainants surfing behaviour in order to display suitable personalised advertising, the DPA explains. Irrespective of this, at least Meta Ireland had the possibility to link the data it received due to the implementation of Facebook Business Tools on [the] complainants Facebook account. It is clear from the Facebook Business Tools Terms of Use that Facebook Business Tools are used, inter alia, to exchange information with Facebook.

Some changes Meta made to its data transfer T&Cs shortly after noybs complaints had been filed predated this action so came too late to affect the outcome.

However noyb suggests any such terms tweaks and/or supplementary measures would be unlikely to make a difference given that personal data remains accessible to Meta (and can therefore be passed to U.S. security agencies) so, for example, the option of implementing zero knowledge encryption, i.e. as a supplementary measure to boost the level of protection for the data, is not available to an adtech giant whose business model hinges on tracking and profiling web users by processing their data.

The DPA already found in the Google decision that such elements cannot overcome US law, Schrems told TechCrunch when we asked about the changes Meta made to its data transfers terms after noybs complaints, adding: I would assume this would not lead anywhere given the case law.

The DPAs decision makes direct reference to Metas own transparency reports, where it records government requests for data that it says show the Meta Group regularly receives data access requests from US secret authorities, further specifying the data access requests also concern users from Austria. As well as basic subscriber info, it says requests can ask for records related to account activity and stored contents such as messages, photos, videos, time line entries and location information.

Zooming out, while EU and U.S. negotiators have provisionally agreed a replacement transatlantic data transfer pact which theyre calling the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) this third bite at fixing the data-transfer schism is not yet up and running as it still needs to be scrutinized by other EU institutions before the Commission can formally adopt it.

That means theres still a gaping hole in the legal regime governing EU-U.S. data transfers one which could remain unplugged for several months yet (back in December the Commission suggested the DPF wouldnt be in place before July).

Additionally, even if (or when) the new EU-US data transfer framework is adopted by the EU its highly likely to face the same core challenge that struck down its predecessors, given U.S. mass surveillance programs have not been reformed. This raises doubts about the long term survival of the planned replacement framework so legal uncertainty in this area is pretty much a given whatever happens in the short term.

noyb argues that the only long-term fix for this issue is either reform of U.S. surveillance law to provide baseline protections for foreigners to support their tech industry. Or data localization meaning U.S. providers would be forced to host foreign data outside of the country. And we are seeing some moves in that direction (such as from TikTok, which faces even greater scrutiny than Facebook over matters connected to national security).

Its not clear if data localization is much of a fix for Metas (or indeed TikToks) problems, though given how data-mining users is central to their ad-targeting business model. (It is well known that due to its USbased system, Meta is categorically unable to ensure that the data of European citizens is not intercepted by US Intelligence agencies, noyb suggests.)

In the meanwhile, a final decision on whether to suspend Metas EU-US data transfers remains pending from its lead EU DPA, the Irish Data Protection Commission.

So it really is down to the wire on which will come first: A new EU-US data transfers sticking plaster which would reset the legal challenges and buy Meta a new round of operational breathing space in Europe or a final DPA order to stop transferring EU users data over the pond. Although, inthe latter case, Meta would certainly appeal a suspension order so the most likely outcome is that Meta will get to kick the can down the road yet again and European privacy advocates will have to gird themselves for a fresh round of legal challenges, hoping the CJEU will be even faster on pulling the trigger this time.

EU DPAs have shown extreme reluctance to enforce the law around data transfers, dragged their feet when it came to acting on the Court of Justices July 2020 decision striking down Privacy Shield, for example. So the same scenario could well repeat next time around, creating a cycle of law-breaking thats almost never enforced and a parody where EU users fundamental rights should be.

noybs 101 complaints were filed over two and half years ago and this is only the first decision related to Facebook tracking tools. Asked whats happened with the rest, Schrems told us: We are still waiting on all others. We do not know why the Google [Analytics] cases went quicker but we assume the Irish DPA took more of a role in the Facebook cases.

Irelands DPA remains the target of fierce criticism over its approach to GDPR enforcement on Big Tech with cases piling up on its desk and eventual outcomes often slammed as underwhelming.

Another problem noyb highlights relates to the lack of a penalty being issued alongside the Austrian DPAs breach finding. So even though there is a breach finding theres still no tangible consequence for the site that broke the law by relying on Metas tech. There is no information if a penalty was issued or if the [Austrian authority] is planning to also issue a penalty. The GDPR foresees penalties of up to 20 million or 4% of the global turnover in such cases but data protection authorities seem unwilling to issue fines, despite controllers ignoring two CJEU rulings for more than two years, it writes.

The Austrian DPA never issues fines in complaints procedures, as there is a separate unit in charge of fines, Schrems explains. This is a very problematic approach, leading to double procedures and a very low number of fines.

All these issues will add fuel to arguments the EUs flagship data protection framework isnt doing what it says on the tin which will dial up pressure on Commission lawmakers for, if not hard reform of GDPR, then at least effective oversight, through proper monitoring of how the regulation is enforced at the Member State level.

That seems necessary if the blocs lawmakers are going to keep being able to sell an increasingly broad and deep (interconnected) regime of digital regulation that frequently claims data protection as the foundational underpinning forgreater levels of data processing and sharing. Put another way, data protection cant only exist on paper; people need to see their information is actually protected.

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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 20, 2023) - Jaxon Mining Inc. (TSXV: JAX) (FSE: 0U31) (OTC Pink: JXMNF) ("Jaxon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has expanded its 100% controlled Hazelton property by staking and acquiring four additional mineral tenures, increasing the total area to 73,079.05 hectares or 730.79 km2, comprising 75 contiguous claims, at NTS 93M centered at -127 10' 46" Longitude, 55 11' 5" Latitude. The Hazelton Property hosts seven projects, each with one or more porphyry systems: Netalzul Mountain, Red Springs, Blunt Mountain, Max, Mt Thoen, Rocher Deboule Mountain and Kispiox Mountain (Figure 1).

The strategic expansion of the Rocher Deboule project (the "Project") was conducted in 2022 and 2023, and was based on the results of Jaxon's conceptual geological and mineralization modeling, as informed by regional geology, provincial aeromagnetic data, MINFILEs and recent exploration activities. The four new claims expand the Project area to 1,329.61 hectares. The Project is within the Rocher Deboule stock, a Late Cretaceous porphyritic granodiorite body which is one of the Bulkley Intrusions. The Rocher Deboule stock has been dated at 72 million years through potassium/argon dating of biotite (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2322). Three mineral occurrences (MINFILEs) have been recorded: the Hecla (Bluebird) copper-silver occurrence, the Silvertip glacier molybdenum-copper occurrence and the Blue Lake tungsten-gold polymetallic occurrence.

Highlights of the Three MINFILE Occurrences

Hecla (Bluebird) Copper-Silver Occurrence

The Hecla (Bluebird) occurrence is located on the north slope of the Rocher Deboule Mountain Range, at the headwaters of Mission Creek, 5.5 kilometres south of New Hazelton. A 2.7 metre-wide aplite dike and a 1.8 metre-wide pegmatite dike cutting porphyritic granodiorite of the Rocher Deboule stock are silicified and cut by narrow quartz veinlets carrying pyrite and chalcopyrite. A grab sample from a drift which was driven to explore the mineralized pegmatite dike assayed 0.39 per cent copper, trace gold and 18.2 grams per tonne silver (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223). A grab sample taken to sample the 1.2 metre-wide mineralized zone in the aplite dike assayed 0.22 per cent copper, 34.3 grams per tonne silver and trace gold (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223).

Blue Lake Tungsten-Gold Polymetallic Occurrence

The Blue Lake property is located near the head of Mudflat Creek on the northeast side of Rocher Deboule Mountain, nine kilometres south of South Hazelton. Several mineralized quartz veins occur in porphyritic granodiorite of the Late Cretaceous Rocher Deboule stock of the Bulkley Intrusions. The intrusion contains a few rafts of hornfelsic argillites from the Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group rocks, the main body of which outcrops to the east.

There is multiple vein type mineralization reported historically. The No. 1 vein, strikes 105 degrees and dips 65 degrees northeast. It is a quartz vein carrying up to 10 per cent tetrahedrite and minor chalcopyrite, ranging up to 25 centimetres in width.

Less than 30 metres distant, the No. 2 vein strikes 155 degrees, dipping 70 degrees southwest. It contains chalcopyrite, pyrite, molybdenite, tetrahedrite, scheelite, and likely uraninite. A grab sample assayed 0.85 per cent molybdenum, 1.0 per cent WO3 and 0.004 per cent equivalent uranium (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223 Rev.).

The No. 3 vein is located six hundred metres to the northwest. It strikes 165 degrees and dips 75 degrees west. It is a quartz vein with scheelite, molybdenite, chalcopyrite, and ferberite. A grab sample assayed 2.74 grams per tonne gold, 11.31 per cent WO3, 0.06 per cent molybdenum, and 0.003 per cent equivalent uranium (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223 Rev.).

Another vein, 90 metres below the No. 3 vein, is exposed for 23 metres. It is up to 3 metres wide, strikes northwest and dips 60 degrees northeast. It contains milky white quartz and tetrahedrite and a sample assayed 0.7 gram per tonne gold and 1900 grams per tonne silver (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223 Rev.).

Silvertip Glacier Molybdenum-Copper Occurrence

A molybdenum-copper occurrence is shown on Map 69-1 at the headwaters of Mudflat Creek on the east side of the Rocher Deboule Mountain Range, nine kilometres south of South Hazelton.

Previous Exploration

From 2017 to 2019, Primary Cobalt Corp. and Blue Lagoon Resources completed a series of programs including prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical (rock, soil and stream sediment) sampling and a ground magnetics survey. Previous results from the 2017 to 2019 exploration expanded the zone of anomalous gold, copper and cobalt to approximately 500 metres of strike length. A high proportion of rock samples displayed anomalous gold values, with 22 of the 85 samples returning greater than 0.5 gram per tonne gold and 37 returning greater than 0.1 g/t Au, as announced by Blue Lagoon Resources in a news release on July 16, 2019. The following results were taken from the July 16, 2019 news release.

Jaxon will conduct a detailed desktop study in the spring of 2023 with plans to conduct a surface sampling program in the summer based on new porphyry modelling and geological interpretation of the Project.

John King Burns, Chairman and CEO of Jaxon, commented,"As we continue to strategically expand the Hazelton property based on our understanding of the basement conditions that defined the development of the seven porphyry systems we have discovered to date, we will continue to evaluate and make strategic acquisitions that are both geographically contiguous with and consistent with the vision of our regional, geological model."

Figure 1. 75 claims comprise Jaxon's 100% owned Hazelton Property in northwest BC.

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Qualified Person

Yingting (Tony) Guo, P.Geo., President and Chief Geologist of Jaxon Mining Inc., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and prepared the scientific and technical information and verified the data supporting such scientific and technical information contained in this news release.

About Jaxon Mining Inc.

Jaxon pursues the discoveries of deeper, under cover, commercial scale and grade Cu, Au, Ag, polymetallic porphyry epithermal systems. Jaxon has seven large-scale porphyry system targets on its 100% controlled Hazelton property, an interconnected network of concessions spanning ~700 km2 in the Skeena Arch in northwest British Columbia, Canada. The Company's flagship projects Netalzul Mountain and Red Springs are drill ready. The Kispiox Mountain and Blunt Mountain projects both host extensive and high-grade occurrences of antimony, a strategic and critical metal as designated by the governments of Canada and United States.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS JAXON MINING INC.

"John King Burns"

John King Burns, Chairman

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This news release may contain forward-looking information, which is not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking information involves risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release may include but is not limited to, the Company's objectives, goals, or plans. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, those risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release. No assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulations Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Punjabs Creative OOH opts for Edge1 solutioning

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Last updated : March 20, 2023 2:21 pm

The solutions are purported to deliver increased flexibility, creative capabilities, and a fully streamlined lifecycle

Creative OOH, a leading OOH firm based in Punjab holding sole advertising rights at the Holy City Amritsar, has signed up for theEdge1 Outdoor Media Management Softwareto streamline its business lifecycle integratingall internal departments. This move is also propelled by Creative OOH's objective of providing clients with AI-based quick, relevant, and cost-effective proposals with easy accessibilityof the entire assets offerings.

Edge1 will provide increased flexibility, creative capabilities, and afully streamlinedlifecycle, which leads to more efficient and cohesive processes across the ad space network. Furthermore, it offers valuable data mining, performance reports, and time saved from manual entry and duplication of work. This powerful platform simplifies the entire software process, from generating leads to executing OOH projects seamlessly covering all aspects of execution and finance.

Babalpreet Kaur, CorporateSales Manager, Edge1, says:We are thrilled to collaborate with Creative OOH, which provides an extensive out-of-home ad space network across major cities of Punjab. We look forward to introducing innovative services to the out-of-home industry through this partnership with one of the most forward-thinking and technologically advanced advertising companies in Punjab.

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