by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Sr. Evelyne Franc, the superior general of the international order of the Daughters of Charity, spoke at a weekend summit, focused on the theme “The management of the ecclesiastical goods of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, for the...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 27, 2014 | Vincentian Family
The many branches and members of the Vincentian Famil involved in combatting trafficking and working with survivors will be interested in following the Second International Human Trafficking Conference which is to take place in April in Rome according to  the Catholic... by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Ruane Remy, The Catholic Register writes “Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz’s life-sized bronze sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless man lying on a park bench has found a home at the Vatican. Schmalz, the St. Jacob’s, Ont.- based artist who created Jesus the...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 7, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Francis X. Rocca of the Catholic News Service  writes, … On the first visit by a pope to the United Nations, in 1965, Pope Paul VI memorably called for “No more war, war never again.” Blessed John Paul II was a constant campaigner for peace, calling...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 25, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Pope asks pontifical academies to help fight human trafficking Cindy Wooden of Catholic News Service  writes… At the request of Pope Francis, scholars and researchers belonging to two pontifical academies and representatives of the World Federation of Catholic...
