by John Freund, CM | Mar 25, 2007 | Justice and Peace
The Christian Science Monitor of March 22 runs a story aout a 15 year old legal immigrant to the United States spent 5 years in plain view as a slave to a 60 year old man. A companion piece reports that anywhere from 50,000 to 200,00 people are now enslaved and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 24, 2007 | Vincentian Family
Under the patronage of UNESCO, 350 AIC volunteers from 50 countries throughout the world met in Rome for the International Assembly from 9 to 14 March 2007 with the theme: “Women and Poverty – Diversity of Culturesâ€. (The Ladies of Charity USA are members and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2007 | Church
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The preacher at a Lenten reflection attended by Benedict XVI and his aides invited listeners to reduce the scandalous abyss that separates the poor from the “satiated.” Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2007 | Vincentian Family
Father Mazurchuk’s violin-playing has also put him in touch with many young people, particularly musicians and choir groups, and through festivals that draw the young. The following story is presently found on the site of the Philadelphia Catholic Standard and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2007 | Congregation of the Mission
The February issue of NUNTIA (News) of the Congregation of the Mission is now available online at http://www.cmglobal.org.