by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2007 | Justice and Peace
“Trafficking in human beings is seen as one of the worst affronts to human dignity and violations of human rights. The Unions of Superiors General (USG/UISG, representing more than a million religious men and women worldwide) and Caritas Internationalis (CI,...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 12, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
“John Honner, who has worked for Catholic charitable organisations for many years, brings out clearly the relevance of Ozanam to contemporary Australia. He sees especially the contrast between the communal vision of Ozanam and the individualism of Australian...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 12, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
For many Americans, poverty and lack of health insurance make it difficult to get necessary health and medical care. According to a new study, once they do visit the doctor, poor, uninsured people often report racial discrimination when communicating with health care...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 12, 2007 | Vincentian Family
The December 17 issue of AMERICA features an article by Robert Maloney entitled “The Genealogy of Jesus Shadows and Lights in his Past”. He reviews the somewhat shocking elements in Jesus’ family tree and concludes “Matthew’s account of...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 11, 2007 | Church
In his 2008Â World Day of Peace message Pope Benedict speaks of “the human family, a community of peace. The first form of communion between persons is that born of the love of a man and a woman who decide to enter a stable union in order to build together a...