by Beth | Dec 20, 2006 | Justice and Peace
A parish in the Philippines capital of Manila is constructing a church from recycled materials in the midst of the infamous Smokey Mountain shanty town in what the parish priest describes as the world’s first ever environmental church. AsiaNews reports that the...
by Beth | Dec 15, 2006 | Justice and Peace
L’Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper, carried an editorial which asserted that ecological crises pose “a bigger global threat than terrorism.”Just this week, the Vatican released Benedict XVI’s message for the World Day of...
by Beth | Oct 18, 2006 | Justice and Peace
Maureen Tinkler, DC writes… A new initiative is being launched this Advent by CAFOD in collaboration with PROGRESSIO (formerly CIIR) called THE LIVESIMPLY PROJECT. It is a good thing for the Vincentian Family to belong to and the Daughters of Charity have kindly...
by Beth | Oct 17, 2006 | Justice and Peace
WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Raffaele Martino will address a meeting in San Francisco to discuss what the Catholic Church can do to alleviate global poverty. “Point 7 Now! Keeping America’s Promise to Make Poverty History,”...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2006 | Justice and Peace
A former volunteer in Eritrea writes of another level of dialogue and conversin.”I thought that perhaps this one time I could offer something in the ongoing discussion your writers are producing regarding the relation of Catholicism and Islam. I have some...
by Beth | Oct 12, 2006 | Justice and Peace
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 11, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See published a statement in support of a proposed resolution concerning the international control of the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons. The document, signed by Cardinal Raffaele Martino,...
