DC’s in Britain Join Religious Lobby in Parliament

On the 18th May Daughters of Charity from the British Province joined 1,000 Religious men and women in lobbying Parliament as part of the British MAKE POVERTY HISTORY campaign. They came from the four corners of Britain to emphasise the moral imperative which the UK...

Report on the Work of the CM at the UN

In this first report I tried to communicate the scope of the work of an NGO Representative and to give something of a “feel” for the work itself. Advocacy work happens most effectively when it is done in committed working groups that produce products that...

SVDP Calls for Socially Inclusive Budget

SYDNEY, May 6, 2005 (catholicweekly.com.au): The St Vincent de Paul Society calls on the Federal Treasurer to make this year’s budget an inclusive social document. In his column in The Catholic Weekly, Owen Rogers, chief executive officer of the St Vincent de Paul...

Vatican On Nuclear Disarmament

The Time Has Passed “for Finding Ways to a ‘Balance in Terror'” NEW YORK, MAY 5, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is the statement that Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered to the 7th Review...

Benedict XVI Appeals for Employment of Workers

VATICAN CITY, MAY 2, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appealed for worthy conditions of work, in particular for young people, in his first Regina Caeli address from his new residence. Addressing the 50,000 people crowding St. Peter’s Square at midday Sunday, the...

Social Justice Legacy of John Paul II

The Education for Justice web site is featuring a series of resources celebrating the social justice legacy of Pope John Paul II>April 2, 2005 – With all Catholics, with all people of faith, and with the entire human community around the world, we mourn the...
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