by annaread | Oct 7, 2007 | Justice and Peace
In the next ten years, an estimated 100 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday. Here’s a preview of “Child Brides: Stolen Lives”, a special that will run on the American network PBS on October 12.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 20, 2007 | Church, Justice and Peace
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 20, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers reiterated the Church’s condemnation of sexual exploitation and prostitution as a form of modern slavery. Given Vincent’s concerns about slavery this should be of...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
18 April 2007 – Recently a rather curious news item appeared in the “La Stampaâ€, (a Turin newspaper): Some civil servants from Scotland Yard Police Force, London came to Turin to interview Sr Angela Pozzoli, a Daughter of the Charity, who for the past ten...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 25, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The General Curia of the Congregation of the Mission has passed on notice of a Traffiking In Women Information and Workshop Kit which is being recommended by the Union of International Superiors General based in Rome “Trafficking” has been defined by the...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2007 | Justice and Peace
NEW DELHI, India, APRIL 1, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The Indian bishops’ conference recalled Church teaching on human dignity, in the face of statistics revealing that 2.3 million Indians, mostly women, have been trafficked in the last 10 years. Statistics released by...
