by John Freund, CM | Dec 19, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace
Positive Steps Don’t Depend on Global Accord (Zenit) – The biggest climate change talks of history wrapped up today amid a general sense of disappointment, but the Holy See had something hopeful to say. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the leader of the...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2009 | Church
In his message for the World Day of peace he writes…“If you want to cultivate peace, take care of creation” – a deliberate play on Paul VI’s famous injunction, “If you want peace, work for justice.” Benedict pope called for “a profound and farsighted revision of...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 2, 2009 | Justice and Peace
For his home near near Regensburg, Germany, over 580 square feet of photovoltaic solar panels were installed on the rooftop. The only condition for the project was that no church funds be used — so naturally, everything was donated. When tweaked and running, the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace
“If you want to cultivate peace, protect the creation” is the theme chosen by Benedict XVI for his Message for the 43rd World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on 1 January 2010. “The theme”, says a communique made public today, “aims to raise awareness about the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 9, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Nicholas Kristof asks “why we’re so willing to try to assist a stranger before us, while so unwilling to donate to try to save strangers from malaria half a world away. One of the reasons, I believe, is that humanitarians are abjectly ineffective at selling...
