Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
Address the Root Causes of Forced Migration: Support the Jubilee Act
The second legislative ask at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days requested that legislators co-sponsor and vote for the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (HR 4405) to help fight global poverty and address some of the root causes of migration. Jubilee USA is an ecumenical organization that has been advocating for the biblical ... Read more
Our World, Our Future: (Solidarity in the Philippines)
The Australian Passionist Community offers a school pilgrimage to the communities and ministries in the Philippines and Vietnam. The following reflection comes from Justin Wenham who is a student at the Christian Brothers College (CBC) in Adelaide, Australia. As the reflecting student explains: “The purpose of the Pilgrimage is to explore and share how local people experience ... Read more
Second Sunday of Advent
Readings: Baruch 5:1-9. The Glory breaks over the new Jerusalem and God’s people return to their homeland. Phil 1: 4-6, 8-11. Paul prays for the completion of God’s holiness and charity among these, his favorite converts. Luke 3:1-6. John the Baptist is introduced amidst the data of world history. Thoughts for your consideration: By John ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Advent, Baruch, contemplation, God, hope, love, Luke, Philippians, poverty
WORLD FOOD DAY, A Passionist observance in solidarity with the international community
By Fr. Jesus Maria Aristin, CP According to the estimates of United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) there were 1,020 million undernourished people in the world in 2009, equivalent to one in seven persons alive today. As noted by the FAO Director General, Jacques Diourf, this last year produced “a dangerous combination between a ... Read more
A Crisis that Affects Us All
(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
The “Consistent Ethic of Life” within the Global Economy: Chapter 2 of Caritas In Veritate
“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
Globalization and the Passion
Globalization is a priori neither good nor bad. It is what people make of it. What is at stake is the quality of globalization. Likewise what is at stake is the quality of the contributions we bring. -Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, 2002 These comments by Archbishop ... Read more
The Future of Capitalism
This week the G-20 is meeting in London to discuss a new global economic policy in light of the financial crisis. Wall Street is nervously observing these deliberations. We and the rest of civil society are also paying attention to this meeting. Many observers and policy analyst are having their doubts that anything positive will ... Read more
In Passion for Justice | Tagged Brookings Institute, Carnegie Endowment for Peace, Catholic Social Teaching, Economic Justice, Economic Justice For All, Financial Crisis, Financial Times, G-20, Globalization, IMF, Populorum Progressio, poverty, the future of capitalism, United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, World War II
Fight Against Poverty Unites Christian Left and Right
Fight Against Poverty Unites Christian Left and Right | Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. I was personally saddened when the Economic Stimulus debate and subsequent vote ended up bolstering the ongoing partisanship that has defined Washington all these years. Amidst this reality I continue to work and pray for a collaborative ecumenical social ... Read more
BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope laments global instability
We hope you and your family are enjoying this wonderful Christmas season. At the Midnight Mass Pope Benedict XVI shared a special message. BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope laments global instability. Lamenting all the violence that exists in our world but particularly in Africa and the Middle East the Pope has rightfully identified “self-interest” as ... Read more
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