by Beth | Jan 18, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Making the poor a priority is a defining element of the church’s contribution to the environmental debate. The poor are vulnerable to environmental hazards.” “Poor families often live on the margins of society: in urban areas where their housing is...
by Beth | Jan 18, 2004 | Vincentian Family
PARIS, January 15, 2004 (famvin.org/cm/fr): Since 1989, there has existed in France a Vincentian Association of Permanent Married Deacons.   With the permission of their wives and their respective Bishops, these Deacons also become attached to one of the French...
by Beth | Jan 17, 2004 | Vincentian Family
More than 140 Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will go to Washington, DC in February 2004.  The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will join the Catholic Social Gathering, scheduled in conjunction with the Society’s Midyear meeting, the agenda provides...
by Beth | Jan 17, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
LONDON (AP) – The World Health Organization and other aid agencies are undermining the battle against malaria by funding cheaper and less-effective drugs, contributing to tens of thousands of deaths of children in Africa, researchers asserted. The scientists,...
by Beth | Jan 17, 2004 | Vincentian Family
José-MarÃa Román, C.M. writes…” the 25th of January of the same year, Vincent had preached, in Folleville, what he called the first sermon of the Mission, and which he always considered as the beginning of the Congregation of the Mission. But, in fact, on...