by Beth | Dec 16, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Giving Gifts that keep on giving to the poor through Food For The World. Some amazing bargains! See what $25 and up can buy.Start at $5 But in this season when we remeber that there no room at the inn see how little it costs to build a house or furnish it. Food For... by Beth | Dec 15, 2006 | Justice and Peace
L’Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper, carried an editorial which asserted that ecological crises pose “a bigger global threat than terrorism.”Just this week, the Vatican released Benedict XVI’s message for the World Day of... by Beth | Dec 14, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
NEW YORK, December 13, 2006 (commonwealmagazine.org): Naomi Kritzer writes for Commonweal Magazine on the Jewish and Christian traditions of giving to the needy – The Jewish tradition acknowledges the issue of the person who asks for help deceptively, and the... by Beth | Dec 12, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Experts believe that more people are now dying of malaria that did so three decades ago, and warn that it is spreading to new countries. The disease is now present in non-tropical countries such as Turkey and Russia. In addition, a handful of people die of malaria... by Beth | Dec 10, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Shan Ali writes for the Sydney Morning Herald – Last night a Bangladeshi economist and the institution he founded 30 years ago (Grameen Bank) received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. Professor Muhammad Yunus, known to many as the “banker to the...