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Speaking to UN Pope Calls Food Shortages Scandalous
Vatican, Oct. 17 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) said that hunger and malnutrition are scandals, caused by selfishness, in a message to the director general of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Pope's message to Jacques Diouf, the...
Blessed Are the Poor!~
They were nobodies. They were the poor, living on the margins of society. He lived an ascetic life somewhere in the desert of Palestine. He may have been one of the Essenes, a countercultural Jewish sect devoted to the Torah and to life lived in community. When he...
‘Listen to the Cry of the Poor,’ Urges Benedict XVI
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 16, 2005 (Zenit.org).- On the eve of the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, Benedict XVI made an appeal to intensify action against this global scourge. "Poverty is a scourge against which humanity must struggle ceaselessly," the Pope said today...
Litany of Saints for Social Justice
As we approach the feast of All Saints perhaps some might find the following compilation of Saints who lives were noted for their concern for social justice.Among those included are Blessed Frederic Ozanam St. Maximilian Kolbe St. Martin de Porres 1579-1639 St....
Retirees Get Raise, but Can It Keep Up?
The biggest increase in Social Security benefits since 1991 reflects a harsh reality of rising prices. High energy costs are driving the worst inflation in more than 25 years.Helen Huntley of the St. Petersburg Times Personal Finance Editor writes... October 15, 2005...
September Issue of NUNTIA (CM) Online
The September issue of the official journal of the Congregation of the Mission is now available online.It can be accessed on the international website of the Congregation of the Mission. It contains news of the activities of the Superior General, his Council and the...
Homeless Immigrants in the Wake of Katrina
�In a natural disaster of this scope, we firmly believe that benefits and services should be provided to Katrina victims regardless of an individual�s immigration status . . . Now is the time to serve our common humanity and not discriminate against victims of the...
World Bank Group On Equity and Poverty Reduction
The World Development Report 2006 argues that equity is important not just for its own sake, but also because it can enhance growth and poverty reduction.Inequality of opportunity, both within and among nations, sustains extreme deprivation, results in wasted human...
Are Church’s Doing the Government’s job? (Australia)
PERTH, October 11, 2005 (onlineopinion.com.au): Writing for OnlineOpinion, Peter Sellick argues that the Churches may now be doing the Government's job - ."... While all this is well and good, and our society has the benefit of agencies that act out of something other...
Poverty and Natural Disasters
It’s Not Fair: Disasters in Poor Countries - A look at why diasters hit the poor the hardest. • About 95 percent of deaths caused by disasters occur in poor countries. A disaster of similar nature and size causes more deaths in poor countries than in rich ones. •...
