by John Freund, CM | Aug 27, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Australia’s peak community welfare body, ACOSS, has put its strong support behind the National Anti-Racism Strategy launched in Melbourne today by the Australian Human Rights Commission, alongside key ministers and many other major organisational backers of the...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 18, 2012 | Justice and Peace
Woman Charged $600 Per Day For Distributing Food To Homeless In Philadelphia, Continuing National Crackdown On Homeless Rather than addressing the problem head on through aggressive policy, a growing number of cities are passing legislation to...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 16, 2012 | Justice and Peace
Labor Day Statement Says Renewed Respect For Workers Is Key To Renewed Economy WASHINGTON—People of faith stand with people who’ve been left behind and should seek economic renewal that makes workers and their families a central concern, according to the annual...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2012 | Justice and Peace
In a thoughtful article In This Together Most Rev. Richard E. Pates, bishop of Des Moines and chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, reflects on a question facing Catholics today. “Today the...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 4, 2012 | Justice and Peace
The U.S. bishops have joined more than 130 organizations urging legislation to help reunite children who have been separated from family members due to immigration measures against their parents reports the Catholic News Agency. The Help Separated Families...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2012 | Justice and Peace
In a startling reversal Prof Richard Muller considers himself a converted sceptic following the Koch Foundation funded study’s surprise results according to The Guardian of London The Earth’s land has warmed by 1.5C over the past 250 years and...