by John Freund, CM | Nov 26, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to a story in the Christian Science monitor “In November, 300 million more people around the world were suddenly poor – on paper, at least. The latest numbers on poverty from the United Nations, released Nov. 4, include a new measurement for poverty and reveal some surprises.” Click the Read More button
by John Freund, CM | Jun 19, 2010 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A 60 second video from the United States Conference of Bishops remind us that 13 million or one out of 6 kids in the USA struggle to hang on to the poverty line defined as $22,050 for a family of 4. And shocking as that is, in the world at large every second child or ... by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 26, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
“Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.” Thus begins the English version of the Peoples’ Agreement from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth now available online for reading. As you read... by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 21, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
On eve of Earth Day 2010, Vincentian Priest and missionary Aidan Rooney — currently assigned to the International Vincentian mission in the Altiplano region of Bolivia — is participating in the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the... by John Freund, CM | Mar 13, 2010 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
With so many policy debates mired in partisan politics, the announcement last week by the U.S. Census Bureau that it plans to develop a supplemental poverty measure and then open it to public scrutiny is something both Republicans and Democrats can agree...