by Beth | May 21, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
VATICAN CITY, MAY 21, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The media also have a responsibility in the struggle against the plague of hunger, says Benedict XVI. In Pope said this today before praying the Regina Caeli, and one week before the Church will observe the 40th World Day of...
by Beth | May 18, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CARACAS, Venezuela, MAY 18, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See called for support of small farmers and Indians in Latin America, to put an end to hunger and to achieve generalized levels of a dignified life. Monsignor Renato Volante, the Holy See’s permanent...
by Beth | May 12, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
America Magazine: At a Mass concelebrated by eight U.S. cardinals, the head of The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C., asked Catholics to welcome illegal immigrants. Christ was not excluding anyone when he said, �I was a stranger and you welcomed...
by Beth | May 4, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Although it is too early to tell whether a new Massachusetts law will succeed in its goal of providing health insurance coverage for nearly everyone in the commonwealth by July 2007, the president and C.E.O. of the Catholic Health Association said she is “immensely...
by Beth | Apr 22, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has announced a major new multidisciplinary campus initiative to improve the quality of life for impoverished people by helping them develop their full economic potential… The Blum Center will...
by Beth | Apr 22, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SOUTH Australian welfare services are struggling in the face of increased demand, with more than 28,000 people turned away in the past year.A national survey found welfare services here helped 584,563 people in 2004-05, an increase of 80,625 from the previous year. A...