by John Freund, CM | Dec 19, 2010 | Church
“Increasing investment in health care facilities that help and support the suffering, especially the poor and needy.” This is Benedict XVI’s invitation to “the authorities” in his message for the XIX World Day of the Sick, which as usual will...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 19, 2010 | Church
(Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is calling for justice in health care, highlighting it as a priority of governments and international institutions. The Pope stated this in a message sent to Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Catholic-owned U.S. health systems “had significantly better quality performance” than investor-owned, for-profit systems, says a national study by Thomson Reuters as reported in the National Catholic Reporter. The study found that other church-based systems ranked...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war. And this is a concern of many members of the...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 16, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The creator of Farmville, Zynga, has raised more than $3.6 million for Haiti. Mark Pincus, Zynga’s founder and CEO, calls this “solidarity not charity.” Zynga describes this approach to giving back in this way: “Solidarity not charity is a...
