by Beth | May 6, 2005 | Justice and Peace
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...
by Beth | May 2, 2005 | Justice and Peace
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...
by Beth | May 1, 2005 | Justice and Peace
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...
by Beth | Apr 28, 2005 | Justice and Peace
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...
by Beth | Apr 23, 2005 | Justice and Peace
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...
by Beth | Apr 20, 2005 | Justice and Peace
The speakers at the conference will include the South African ambassador to Ireland, Melanie Verwoerd, and Sister Bernadette McMahon and Sister Margo Delaney of the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice. Human dignity must be at the heart of the state’s treatment...