by Beth | Feb 10, 2003 | Justice and Peace
Public National Day of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Italy – 2002: “Save the elderly from loneliness” is the message on the full-sized billboards. On the billboards the hands with colored fingers symbolizes the event, which is rescheduled for...
by Beth | Feb 5, 2003 | Justice and Peace
In concordance with the 40 International Catholic Organizations, represented in more than 150 countries, the members of the Permanent Section of the International Council General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul are concerned by the Situation in the Middle East...
by Beth | Feb 4, 2003 | Justice and Peace
Father Joe Foley, CM,, Congregation of the Mission NGO Representative at the UN has posted some food for thought on the website of the the Congregation’s NGO Office. One part of the reflection can be found at the “Urgent” page...
by Beth | Jan 25, 2003 | Justice and Peace
Say Western Policy Has Undermined Democracy There OTTAWA, JAN. 23, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Warning that an attack on Iraq will lead to “more hatred and and re-energized extremism,” the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement calling for peace...
by Beth | Jan 23, 2003 | Justice and Peace
A preventive war would violate ethical standards WURZBURG, Germany, JAN. 22, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the German Catholic bishops’ conference on the Iraq conflict. The conference supplied the translation. The struggle for war and peace in the...
by Beth | Jan 20, 2003 | Justice and Peace
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, JAN. 19, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei made an urgent appeal to avoid an attack on Iraq while also calling on Baghdad to help the situation. In a statement sent to ZENIT, Archbishop...