by John Freund, CM | Aug 4, 2012 | Justice and Peace
The U.S. bishops have joined more than 130 organizations urging legislation to help reunite children who have been separated from family members due to immigration measures against their parents reports the Catholic News Agency. The Help Separated Families...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Each week the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth website offers Weekly Justice Highlights July 11, 2012 Urge U.S. Representatives to stop attempting to derail full implementation of the Healthcare law and get back to work creating good jobs for Americans. (Act as soon as...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Nan Roman writes, “Reforms embodied in the ACA address key problems in our health care system that have most hampered local progress toward alleviating chronic homelessness. There is a popular assumption that virtually all chronically homeless people are...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2012 | Justice and Peace
“The concept of “labor priest,” epitomized by Msgr. John Egan and Msgr. George Higgins in the 20th century, has been given a new twist to meet the realities of the 21st century”, reports the Catholic News Service. “The priests —...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2012 | Vincentian Family
From the National SVDP… By a vote of 64-35, the U.S. Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill S.3240). Thank you to all Vincentians, our friends and supporters who called, emailed, sent letters or visited their senators,...
