by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace
“If you want to cultivate peace, protect the creation” is the theme chosen by Benedict XVI for his Message for the 43rd World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on 1 January 2010. “The theme”, says a communique made public today, “aims to raise awareness about the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Sr. Germaine Price, DC , NGO representative at the UN reports a great turning at the UN. that General Assembly President H.E. Fr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann implored the religious community: “All the current crises that we face, environment, financial, economic and the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 22, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
One Issue, Thousands of Voices Blogs are a powerful advocacy tool. Think of it! One issue, thousands of voices. Some people did. Independently organized “Blog Action Day 2008” focusing on poverty drew 12,800 Bloggers 14,053 Blog Posts and 13,498,280...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
A number of religious groups, including the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, have been told to leave Nepal or face dire consequences from the Hindu group that claimed responsibility for the bombing of Assumption Church in Kathmandu in May according to Bishop Anthony...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Education for Justice has produced a very useful map or outline of the pope’s recent encyclical. Caritas in Veritate (pdf). See also John Allen’s shorter list of the some of the key points…Pope proposes a Christ humanism… Benedict says the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 9, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Nicholas Kristof asks “why we’re so willing to try to assist a stranger before us, while so unwilling to donate to try to save strangers from malaria half a world away. One of the reasons, I believe, is that humanitarians are abjectly ineffective at selling...
