by Beth | Jul 1, 2005 | Justice and Peace
Asia Foundation Launches New Multi-Lingual Web Portal dealing with issues related to the fact that every year thousands of people, primarily women and children, are trafficked within and across borders and forced to work in the sex industry, in sweat shops, and in... by Beth | Jun 24, 2005 | Justice and Peace
AUSTRALIA, June 25, 2005 (theaustralian.com.au): Christopher Pearson, writing for The Australian today, attempts to throw light on the current debate following the recent issue of the Vincent de Paul Society’s Social Issues Paper The Reality of Income Inequality... by Beth | Jun 20, 2005 | Justice and Peace
The SVDP of Australia has been living into the statement of Brazilian Archbishop Helder Camara who once said: “When I give bread to the poor I am called a saint. But when I ask why they have no bread, I am called a communist.”… The sources for the... by Beth | Jun 9, 2005 | Justice and Peace
Apparently undeterred by the controversy surrounding Bob Geldof’s call for a million people to descend on the G8 summit, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor is urging Catholics in England and Wales to mobilise and join him at the Make Poverty History rally in... by Beth | Jun 4, 2005 | Justice and Peace
Cardinal RodrÃguez of Honduras was in England last week to lobby for more aid for Africa – because ‘charity has to be global’. Isabel de Bertodano went to meet him GIVEN that Cardinal Óscar Andrés RodrÃguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, comes from one of... by Beth | Jun 3, 2005 | Justice and Peace
June 02, 2005 14:49 The Society of St Vincent de Paul today warned the Government of the danger of minimum wage earners falling back into the tax net… The minimum wage was raised from €7 an hour to €7.65 an hour on May 1. This increase is subject to tax at 20%....
