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JMV Theme – Committed in the Mission to Those Most Needy
The International Council of the Association, after meeting in Madrid on December 1-3, 2005, would like to propose a new theme for the year that has just started, “Committed to the Mission to Those Most Needy.” With this, we wish to express our dream to see Vincentian...
New Diocese in India Is 100% Dalit (Untouchables)
BUXAR, India, FEB. 3, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Two features are striking in the new Indian diocese of Buxar: All the faithful are "untouchables" and, consequently, the essence of pastoral activity will be service. The Diocese of Buxar includes four districts: Buxar,...
Microsoft Plans to Install 50,000 Kiosks in Rural India Within 3 Years
Saksham, meaning 'self reliant', is an attempt to offer 50,000 rural kiosks in six states to create a strong IT rural ecosystem*"The company would initiate 50,000 rural kiosks in three years. Currently, six lakh Indian villages have around 14,000 kiosks, according to...
855,655 Consecrated Women in 3,589 Convents
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 2, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican's evangelization dicastery paid particular homage to consecrated women, whose contribution it sees as crucial for spreading the Gospel. Anticipating today's 10th World Day of Consecrated Life, the Congregation for...
'Good Morning America' Names Daughter of Charity #1 Football fan
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Today at 7:00 a.m. at the St.Vincent Children’s Hospital main lobby, Sister Mary John Tintea, chaplain, St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, was recognized on live television by “Good Morning America” as the “Greatest Football Fan in America.” Sister...
Stats and Stones – Australian SVDP Takes on Government
Stats and Stones: Vinnies’ report from the trenches on the poverty wars in Australia.On 30 May, Vinnies released an Issues Paper entitled The Reality of Income Inequality. It received fairly wide publicity in both the print and electronic media. The Australian...
Early Warning System Predicts Outbreaks of Malaria
LONDON (Reuters) - An early warning system based on climate models, average rainfall and data on seasonal malaria can predict the risk of an epidemic of the killer disease five months in advance, scientists said on Wednesday. The system has been devised by researchers...
Breakthrough Minimum Wage $1.35 per day With Guarentee (India)
The Indian government has launched one of the country's most ambitious efforts to tackle rural poverty. Under the National Rural Guarantee Scheme one member from each of India's 60 million rural households is guaranteed 100 days of work each year. They will receive a...
Deus Caritas Est – Wikipedia
Pope Signs First EncyclicalWIKIPEDIA already has an article on Benedict the XVI's first encyclical. For those not familiar with WIKIPEDIA it is a user created encyclopedia available in just over 200 languages. Not all the lanugages are active and the English version...
A Bishop Who Blogs
Bishop Manguiran of the Philippines has his own blog "The Meaning - Life is meaningful only when it begins and ends with Christ".He has been blogging for a full year. His most recent posting of January 7 is entitled "Thank You Lord" and begins... Thank you Lord that...
