by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
An article in US Catholic  raises the question of competing visions of Catholic Social Teaching as reflected in approaches to the national budget. Another article on Faith and Public Life  raises the question of priorities in terms of energy expended on various issue... by John Freund, CM | Apr 13, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Half of Australians seeking help for homelessness are under 25 and almost twenty per cent are under 10, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report, Specialist Homelessness Services Collection: first results, also reveals...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
….we might keep in mind the millions of women imprisoned in trafficking. VinMORE presents the following as part of its Did you Know Day. Visit our Pinterest Board on Trafficking Wednesday evening 7-8 there will be a LiveChat discussion on VinMORE’s website... by John Freund, CM | Mar 24, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
This weekend, millions of people will flock to the theaters to see “The Hunger Games.” Millions more will suffer from hunger today.For all the hype that has been generated by and for this movie, have we put the same energy behind combating the reality of... by John Freund, CM | Mar 24, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The box office numbers for the movie are not in yet… but they are for  the Reality Game version called “Chicken a la carte”. Approximately a quarter of million people have watched a version of  a YouTube video  shows a forgotten portion of the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
 An “experiment” which involved using homeless people as mobile wi-fi hotspots at an over-crowded convention center has attracted criticism, forcing the advertising agency behind it to defend itself. But the critics may be missing the point. The idea may...