Posts Tagged ‘development’

Compassion for Afghanistan

Dec 3, 2009

President Obama recently unveiled his new strategy for Afghanistan. The strategy calls for a surge of 30,000 new U.S. troops to be sent to Afghanistan. The strategy also set some expectations with vague conditions including the following: A call for accountability to the corrupt Afghan government that suffered a recent electoral debacle A stronger Afghan security ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged 3d security, Afghanistan, Catholic social tradition, compassion, development, justice, Passionist, Peace, Pope Paul VI, surge

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Authentic Human Development

Sep 15, 2009

In the encyclical Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI spends a considerable time defining what he called “authentic human development.” authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension. Without the perspective of eternal life, human progress in this world is denied breathing-space. Enclosed within history, it runs the risk of being ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Authentic Human Development, Caritas in Veritate, development, development pyramid, Financial Times, GDP, God, human development, individualism, Joseph Stiglitz, Pope Benedict XVI

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A Crisis that Affects Us All

Aug 13, 2009

(The following post was offered by Fr. Kevin Dance, CP of Passionist International who attended the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development.) The financial and economic crisis that has swamped the world points to an urgent need to reform the international financial system to meet the ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged development, Economic crisis, Financial Crisis, IMF, kairos, poverty, United Nations, United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, World Bank

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Overview of “Caritas in Veritate”

Jul 31, 2009

Integral human development is back in the news: By Kevin Dance, CP * Pope Benedict XVI explores the challenges of integral human development today in Caritas in Veritate. He uses the occasion of the 40th year since Paul VI issued his encyclical Populorum Progressio (On the Progress of Peoples) to recall its richness and reinforces its ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Caritas in Veritate, Catholic Social Teaching, Charity in Truth, development, Globalization, Kevin Dance, love, Pope Benedict XVI, Populorum Progressio

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The “Consistent Ethic of Life” within the Global Economy: Chapter 2 of Caritas In Veritate

Jul 20, 2009

“Charity in Truth” is the latest encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI. This encyclical continues the tradition of Catholic Social Thought by addressing the issue of the Global Economic Crisis, Development, and Poverty. Yet there is a marked difference in this social encyclical that we who are Catholics in America need to attentive to. Pope Benedict ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Cardinal Bernardin, Caritas in Veritate, Catholic Social Teaching, Consistent Ethic of Life, development, Economic Justice, Globalization, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Paul VI, poverty

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