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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Love and politics in that order
"John Honner, who has worked for Catholic charitable organisations for many years, brings out clearly the relevance of Ozanam to contemporary Australia. He sees especially the contrast between the communal vision of Ozanam and the individualism of Australian society....
Marginalized perceive more discrimination during health care visits
For many Americans, poverty and lack of health insurance make it difficult to get necessary health and medical care. According to a new study, once they do visit the doctor, poor, uninsured people often report racial discrimination when communicating with health care...
Lights and Shadows in Jesus Geneology – Maloney
The December 17 issue of AMERICA features an article by Robert Maloney entitled "The Genealogy of Jesus Shadows and Lights in his Past". He reviews the somewhat shocking elements in Jesus' family tree and concludes "Matthew’s account of Jesus’ genealogy poses a...
Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
A new joint effort by the NBA Enterprise Solutions to Poverty and the Inter-American Development Bank, set to kick off in January, aims to "develop innovative and competitive models of business, to encourage micro-entrepreneurs and to mobilize masters’ students in...
Pope’s World Day of Peace Message
In his 2008 World Day of Peace message Pope Benedict speaks of "the human family, a community of peace. The first form of communion between persons is that born of the love of a man and a woman who decide to enter a stable union in order to build together a new...
Furthering the “Advent Conspiracy” to Give More
Channel 7 in Detroit raises $190,000 in a 15-hour telethon to support the efforts of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Students at a Long Island elementary school spearhead a fundraising effort to fight poverty and improve education, health and development in East...
In the shadow of Buckingham Palace – holistic services
(This marks the first in a series of 10 Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.)Near Buckingham Palace, around the corner from the seat of the British government there...
Feeding the Poor
As we mark today the canonical establishment of the Confraternity of Charity, we are reminded of the various ways in which the needs of which Vincent preached continue. Two New York Times articles this morning report that county and parish food banks are facing...
Poorest suffer most from corruption, study says
Corruption is a constant presence in the lives of people around the world. And poor families are hit hardest by demands for bribes. These are the unsettling results of the Global Corruption Barometer 2007, (Link no longer active) published by Transparency...
UNDP Warns of Impact of Climate Change on the Poor
The UNDP says that global warming threatens to "lock the world's poorest countries and their poorest citizens on a downward spiral." Although climate change will affect everyone, the poor will "face the immediate and most severe human costs" in the form of...
