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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Tax Cuts Would Divide Australians
SYDNEY, May 12, 2004 (coss.net.au): The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)Â today responded in detail to the tax cuts announced in the federal Budget warning that they would weaken Australia and divide Australians. Â "The $4 billion a year tax cuts would...
Catholic Social Teaching on Treatment of Prisoners
Links to various statements from Catholic Social Teaching on the treatment of prisoners.Catholic Catechism: Torture: More on toruture Vatican perspective on Catholic Prison Ministry Pope John Paul II Jubilee 2000 Message See also US Bishop's statements Fact sheet of...
Social Justice Calendar 2005
To assist you in your planning for the coming year, the Education for Justice Web Site has produced a 2005 Calendar of holidays, holy days and important social justice dates. They will be highlighting these dates with educational resources for your use. Please note...
”God Goes Online”
CNN has a story about a cyber church. "It is the first 3-D online church service launched in Britain. "The ministers who preach have their sermons appear as cartoon-style "thought bubbles." "Worshippers can log on and put money in the collection box without ever...
Travelers Can Locate Wireless Hot Spots by Zip Code
For the increaing number of travelers with wireless-ready lap tops there is now a site that will identify free and fee wireless access hot spots in any given area of the world.WIRED.COM says "Search our directory to locate wireless service. You can browse by a...
Jesuit Magazine AMERICA Editorial on Malaria
"There is another killer disease besides AIDS, but it receives far less attention in the wealthy nations of the North—malaria. "Malaria has been almost completely eliminated in the United States and other developed countries. It is often included among the so-called...
May – The Month of Social Justice Encyclicals
The month of May marks the anniversaries of four of the great encyclicals of the Church's social justice teaching and the US Bishop's "Challenge of Peace.".For links to these documents and other events this month visit http://www.famvin.net/en/calendar/ - Birthday of...
Latest Newsletter of the Association of the Miraculous Medal
Among the stories in the bulletin is an article by Benjamin Romo, CM on the significance of the Miraculous Medal Today.For the full issue visit http://www.amm.org/bulletins/2004/may04/presltr.htm
‘Poor paying for war on terror’
Some of the world's poorest people are suffering as a result of the war on terror, a leading UK charity has said. Christian Aid says the UK Government must halt a "dangerous drift" towards linking aid to fighting terror. The report cites Iraq, Afghanistan and Uganda...
Herbal Drug Widely Embraced in Treating Resistant Malaria
After years of hesitation, world health agencies are racing to acquire 100 million doses of a Chinese herbal drug that has proved strikingly effective against malaria, one of the leading killers of the poor.The drug, artemisinin (pronounced are-TEM-is-in-in), is a...
