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One third of food wasted – tips for reducing food waste
According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting to some 1.3 billion tons per year. In the developing world, over...
Pope criticizes profits made by food price speculators
Pope Benedict issued strong words on July 1 against financial speculators spiking food prices and pointed to family-run farms as a way to help stave off world hunger. “Nourishment is a factor which touches on the fundamental right to life,” the Pope said. “How can we...
Eucharist without borders
"Eucharist Without Borders: God's Welcoming Table and Comprehensive Immigration Reform" will explore the Catholic church's calling to promote just immigration policy reform. The title of this conference highlights the truth that the Christian church cannot celebrate...
Whatever became of Catherine Seton
Mother Catherine Seton R.S.M. (1800-1891) was the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Seton. Strange to say, she had no attraction for her venerated mother’s order, and when at length she decided on carrying out her religious vocation, she appealed to Archbishop Hughes to...
U.S. warns of worsening modern day slavery
The international fight against human trafficking and modern-day slavery is losing ground, the U.S. State Department said in a new report out Monday. The total number of countries that are not meeting international standards to stop human trafficking nearly doubled to...
Blessed Frassati – model for SVDP youth
Manny Sanchez writes... Monday, July 4, marks the Feast Day of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul early in the twentieth century in Italy. Blessed Pier joined the Society when he was seventeen years old, and remained an...
Fighting Homelessness with Social Media
Advocate Mark Horvath Highlights Real Stories of Homeless in U.S., Canada The InvisiblePeople.tv project – the nationally-recognized nonprofit that tackles poverty and homelessness using the power of social media – is set to launch its first international road trip....
The mystery of Vincent’s knife!
John Rybolt, CM poses this question for Vincentian Researchers. "The knife pictured above is in the Vincentian Museum in the mother house in Paris. It consists of a wooden sheath, on the left, with the metal knife, on the right. The sheath has metal pieces fitted into...
An argument against too cool a church
Something to think about... I want a church that includes fussy kids, old liturgy, bad sound, weird congregants and—brace yourself—painfully amateur “special music” now and then. Why? Well, for one thing, when the Gospel story is accompanied by a fog machine and...
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