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...

Cap On Charitable Deduction will Hurt SVDP

The “$500 cap on tax deductions for donations of clothing and household goods is arbitrary and unfair” and threatens the 350+ charitable thrift shops the Society of St. Vincent de Paul operates in the United States to help fund soup kitchens, social...

Nazareth SC’s Given Environmental Honor

NAZARETH – Led by their commitment to preserve God’s creation, a group of nuns based near Bardstown has become the state’s second-largest purchaser of an alternative form of energy generated from methane gas in landfills. Nuns given environmental...
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