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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Think outside the bottle
Americans have been hitting the bottle...the water bottle, that is. Americans have mistakenly come to believe that water served in plastic is healthier than water out of the tap. (Actually, a governmewnt report shows that bottled water quality is less strictly...
How to help Australian Flood victims
Send cash not goods reiterate Charity Groups according to Australian CM website. NEW SOUTH WALES: Country newspapers in NSW are reiterating the message that for flood victims cash is a more useful way to provide immediate help than goods. The money will also be spent...
National meeting of Argentinian Vincentian Youth
The national meeting of Vincentians Youth (ENAJUVI), was conducted between 6 and 9 January 2011 in the state of Tucumán, Republica Argentina, with the participation of 120 young people from different parts of the country.
State of the World 2011 – Hunger
Known for tackling the most pressing issues that face our world, the Worldwatch Institute has dedicated the 2011 edition of its flagship report to a compelling look at the global food crisis, with particular emphasis on what innovators globally can do to help solve a...
What is too big to fail?
Homelessness can and must be ended. But to do so requires a paradigm shift that says that American ideals of basic economic and social justice are too big to fail. …
Ready to serve in digital world asks Superior General
"I have two questions to pose to you for your reflection, my brothers. First, How will the world be different in just six years? Whether we like it or not, technology will be woven more and more into the fabric of our lives, even the lives of the poorest among us. ...
Catholic Social Ministry Gathering – USCCB
This year’s Catholic Social Ministry Gathering theme Protecting Human Life and Dignity: Promoting a Just Economy, observes the 120th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's release of the encyclical “Rerum Novarum.” The Vincentian Family has been very present in recent years....
Keys for world hunger, poverty and climate change
The key to alleviating world hunger, poverty and combating climate change may lie in fresh, small-scale approaches to agriculture, according to a report from the Worldwatch Institute. "If we shift just some of our attention away from production to consumption issues...
Social justice teaching needs new vocabulary
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson sees need to make some adjustments in the way he talks about the Church’s social teaching, writes the Catholic News Agency. The Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice has been surprised to find that common terms were misunderstood...
SVDP International President named to Cor Unum Council
Michael Thio Yatiw Beng, President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul has been appointed to serve as a member Pontifical Council COR UNUM for a five year term (2010 - 2015). Cor Unum is one of 12 Pontifical Councils in the Vatican which advise Pope...
