by Beth | Oct 17, 2006 | Justice and Peace
WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Raffaele Martino will address a meeting in San Francisco to discuss what the Catholic Church can do to alleviate global poverty. “Point 7 Now! Keeping America’s Promise to Make Poverty History,”...
by Beth | Oct 16, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY falls on 17 October 2006. The theme of the Day this year is “Working Together out of Poverty”. Among the many ceremonies on 17 October around the world, there will be a commemoration ceremony at UN...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2006 | Vincentian Family
Sister of Charity Kathleen Bryant writes in her book Vocations Anonymous: A Handbook for Adults Discerning Priesthood and Religious Life, most young adults who enter a seminary or formation program for a religious community describe a gentle and persistent invitation...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2006 | Justice and Peace
A former volunteer in Eritrea writes of another level of dialogue and conversin.”I thought that perhaps this one time I could offer something in the ongoing discussion your writers are producing regarding the relation of Catholicism and Islam. I have some...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2006 | Vincentian Family
Debt-stricken families with new homes, cars and plasma televisions in Sydney’s sprawling housing estates are relying on charity handouts to buy food. Welfare agencies report a worrying increase in the number of middle-income families with big mortgages seeking...
