The definition of refugee also includes stateless persons, returnees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons (within their own country).
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Ending Poverty and Ensuring Dignity for All
Over the past three years, the number of individuals living on less than $3.65 USD-a-day increased by 165 million. Today, nearly 700 million people worldwide live in extreme poverty, on less than $2.15 a day.
“Seeing” Homelessness Through Data
Street homelessness is in many ways a very visible social and infrastructure issue, while sheltered homelessness and inadequate housing are less obvious to the observer.
The Road To Calvary: Lent 2024 With The God Minute
“We invite you to walk with us together along our Road to Calvary these next 40 days.” – Fr. Ron Hoye, C.M.
Who Is Missing?
WHO IS MISSING? With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 193 nations, all members of the United Nations, pledged to leave no one behind. But it isn’t easy to “leave no one behind.” People in poverty, for example, are almost always left behind...
From Global Advocacy to Action: Developing Homelessness Prevention Policies and Programs
Stakeholders, including the United Nations, advocate for expanding prevention strategies to avert future homelessness.
Leaving No One Behind: A Promise and a Challenge for our Age
How can we leave anyone behind? How can we turn our backs on those who need us most?
COP28 : An historic agreement for a “transition away from fossil fuels” by 2050
The climate crisis is intensifying and it’s touching every part of our lives. Global efforts to address climate change are more urgent than ever.
Now Available: Biographies and Liturgical Prayers for the Saints and Blesseds of the Vincentian Family
A workgroup made up of members of the Vincentian Family has been working in recent years on preparing a document that includes all the saints and blesseds of the Vincentian Family, offering a brief biography of each of them, and another document that offers the specific prayers for the Eucharist of each one of them.
Advent Letter 2023 by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
Advent gives us the opportunity to strengthen the foundations of our lives by revitalizing these two daily moments of grace, or to start making them, from this Advent on, a way toward seeing the face of Jesus clearly “here and now” and in its fullness for all eternity!
The 5 P’s….Plus 1
This program for a better world for all is built around 5 P’s: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships:
Vincentian Family Statement on the Crisis in the Middle East
The Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations is a coalition of representatives of religious, spiritual, and ethical non-governmental organizations who are dedicated to the pursuit of peace, understanding and mutual respect. The international Vincentian Family...
