by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2007 | Justice and Peace
NEW DELHI, India, APRIL 1, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The Indian bishops’ conference recalled Church teaching on human dignity, in the face of statistics revealing that 2.3 million Indians, mostly women, have been trafficked in the last 10 years. Statistics released by...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2007 | News
When we pray, we “connect†with God; we become aware of God’s presence within us. One spiritual writer comments that we can think of our own heart as God’s “family room within usâ€. What a beautiful image of a place where we can just relax with God!...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Wealthy countries are spending far more to limit their own risks from global warming’s consequences than to help the world’s most vulnerable regions. From an article in the New York Times 4/1/07 Next Friday, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2007 | Announcements
Visitors are making use of “commenting” feature in the revised version of FAMVIN with some valuable insights about particular posts or requests for features. Sr. Nancy Sullivan offers a reflective comment on what Fr. Cantalamessa said to the Papal...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Prostitution has existed for a long time in Limoges, as it has in other cities. In September 2001, at the beginning of the academic year, we were struck by the increasing number of younger people gathering and settling in a particular area of the city centre. The new...