by Beth | Aug 17, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Eugene, Oregon SVDP is making good use of materials that were not permitted in airplanes and therefore discarded at the sescurity checkpoints. The federal Transportation Security Administration instituted the ban last week after investigators in London said they...
by Beth | Aug 15, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Tuesday, 15 August 2006. 08:15 (AEST) The Catholic Church in southern Queensland has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to withdraw its controversial migration Bill to extend offshore processing. The Prime Minister announced the Government is not going...
by Beth | Jul 28, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
While passions flare on all sides of the language debate, the result is that the language barrier negatively impacts health care for 50 million (19 percent) U.S. residents who do not speak English at home and the 22 million (eight percent) with limited English...
by Beth | Jul 3, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Australia: The new welfare-to-work rules, which came into effect at the weekend, could have disastrous consequences, according to Catholic Social Services. The ABC reports that under the new rules as of 1 July, unemployed people who refuse three job offers in a year...
by Beth | Jul 2, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Toolkit for Young Advocates, produced by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, is an interactive, interdisciplinary curriculum for youth ministry programs and high school classrooms. The lessons introduce participants to the epidemic of poverty in the United...
by Beth | Jun 15, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
U.S. Bishops Call for Broad Immigration Reform.- Ultimately a Moral Issue, Says Cardinal Mahony LOS ANGELES, JUNE 15, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Legislative debates over restructuring the U.S. immigration system should approach any policy change as a moral issue that protects...
