by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2007 | Church, Justice and Peace
GENEVA, JULY 3, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The globalization of the economy and communication should be matched by the globalization of human rights, says the Holy See. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi made this comment in a recent address to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2007 | Vincentian Family
Benedict XVI offered the example of Blessed Piergiorgio Frassat, a student and sportsman who died at age 24. (As noted in the previous post he was a member of the SVDP> At the end of today’s general audience, the Pope greeted young people, the sick and...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, July 4, marks the Feast Day of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul early in twentieth century Italy. Blessed Pier joined the Society when he was seventeen years old in 1919, and remained an active member the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
Br. David Steindl-Rast has a beautiful video reflection on gratefulness (link no longer available at this address) that is very appropriate food for thought on this Independence Day USA. (It also serves as an example of how YouTube.com can be a vehicle of...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2007 | Justice and Peace
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, July 2 (Reuters) – The world will struggle to meet the Millennium Development Goals on eradicating extreme poverty unless rich countries boost their international aid budgets, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday....
