by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
SYDNEY, July 7, 2007 (smh.com.au): The St Vincent de Paul Society will give its employees a $30-a-week pay rise because it regards the $10.26 awarded by the Australian Fair Pay Commission this week as inadequate. The society’s state president, John...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2007 | Church, Justice and Peace
John Allen writes…Catholic environmentalism these days seems to be an instinct in search of a cause. One can find impressive traces of awareness, from John Paul II’s 1990 call for “ecological conversion,” to grass-roots initiatives such as the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2007 | Church, Justice and Peace
GENEVA, JULY 3, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The globalization of the economy and communication should be matched by the globalization of human rights, says the Holy See. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi made this comment in a recent address to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2007 | Justice and Peace
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, July 2 (Reuters) – The world will struggle to meet the Millennium Development Goals on eradicating extreme poverty unless rich countries boost their international aid budgets, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday....
by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2007 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Commission for Promoting Systemic Change Strategies for helping the poor emerge from poverty Five Reflections for the Vincentian Family – September 27, 2007 Recommended by the international heads of the Vincentian Family gathered for their annual meeting in Rome...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 21, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The challenge is to live off of the average food stamp budget of $21 per person per week Salem–Today Governor Ted Kulongoski challenged all Oregonians to join him and his wife, Mary Oberst, during “Hunger Awareness Week†from April 23-29, 2007 and live off of an...
