by Beth | Apr 15, 2003 | Vincentian Family
“In the Company, there are some Sisters who have repeated their “Yes” 80 times. Far from being a more or less routine “repetition”, each year it is a “Renewal” that implies that the “Yes” is pronounced, each time, within a different context. It carries with it...
by Beth | Apr 15, 2003 | Church
BAGHDAD, April 14, 2003 (zenit.org/english): The looting and fires still raging in war-torn Iraq are making it hard for the country’s Catholics to live Holy Week in peace. “We celebrated Palm Sunday almost normally,” said Archbishop Fernando Filoni,...
by Beth | Apr 14, 2003 | Justice and Peace
Looking for Alternative Ways to Deal With Rising Crime Rate COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, APRIL 13, 2003 (ZENIT.org-Fides).- Catholics and Protestants in Sri Lanka are opposing a plan to reinstate the death penalty in the face of a rising crime rate. In Sri Lanka, the last...
by Beth | Apr 14, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A series of reflections from the SSVDP in New ZealandThese reflecttion are written up in OZANEWS. http://ozanet.org/english/0320034.htm#Poverty%20is%20the%20Lack%20of%20Choice%20for%20the%20Poor
by Beth | Apr 14, 2003 | Vincentian Family
The entire Vincentian Family rejoices in the announcement that the Vatican has recognized the validity of a miracle attributed to Rosalie Rendu, a Daughter of Charity who was a mentor to Frederic Ozanam and the founders of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. This step...
