by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2007 | Vincentian Family
VATICAN CITY, July 6, 2007 (VIS) – Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received in private audience Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2007 | Systemic change
The Rural Development Institute (RDI), based in Seattle, Washington, is a non-profit organization of land law and policy experts that helps poor farmers in developing countries gain ownership of land, thus alleviating poverty on a massive scale. RDI has worked with...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
SYDNEY, July 7, 2007 (smh.com.au): The St Vincent de Paul Society will give its employees a $30-a-week pay rise because it regards the $10.26 awarded by the Australian Fair Pay Commission this week as inadequate. The society’s state president, John...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2007 | Vincentian Family
The Pope told the youth to bring their friends who are searching for truth. “Some of you have friends with little real purpose in their lives, perhaps caught up in a futile search for endless new experiences,” he said. “Bring them to World Youth Day...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2007 | Church, Justice and Peace
John Allen writes…Catholic environmentalism these days seems to be an instinct in search of a cause. One can find impressive traces of awareness, from John Paul II’s 1990 call for “ecological conversion,” to grass-roots initiatives such as the...