Monthly Archives: February 2009
Catholic Charities USA President to Serve on the Newly Created President’s Council of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Today in the Oval Office of the White House, Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA became one of the first to be named to the newly created President’s Council of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. President Barack Obama, by … Continue reading
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Poverty as a human rights abuse
Caritas Internationalis joins 13 other NGOs to urge the adoption of the draft Guiding Principles on extreme poverty By Floriana Polito, Caritas Internationalis delegate at the UN In a joint Statement submitted at the High Commissioner for Human Rights seminar … Continue reading
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Saturday sun shines beyond darkness
By Joseph Cornelius Donnelly Caritas Jerusalem invited some sixty young adult leaders to gather in Beit Jala at the Latin Patriarchal Seminary for a meeting to reflect on the call to every Christian to walk with our neighbor, to support … Continue reading
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Pope Benedict’s Lenten Message 2009
“For this year’s Lenten Message, I wish to focus my reflections especially on the value and meaning of fasting. Indeed, Lent recalls the forty days of our Lord’s fasting in the desert, which He undertook before entering into His public … Continue reading
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Caritas and the Intercontinental Network Promote Discussion on Popular Solidarity Economy at the World Social Forum
Read this entry in French, Spanish, Portuguese During the 2009 World Social Forum a delegation from the Caritas Latin American and Caribbean network promoted discussion on a new economic system. In coordination with the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of … Continue reading
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Interview with Antonio Sandoval
Read this entry in Portuguese Whilst in Brazil to take part in the ninth edition of the World Social Forum and to present a reflection on a development model based on the Social Doctrine of the Church at the Latin … Continue reading
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Davos Final Blog
Read this entry in French and Spanish As I leave Davos, they are already taking down the white sheeting that hides the double wire-spiked security fence that surrounds the Congress Centre. Within a few hours it will have been dismantled, … Continue reading
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Knowing me, knowing UN
I had a first class treatment and program for my first visit in Geneva to the Caritas Internationalis delegation. The small and dynamic office is composed by three young dynamic ladies, Christine Campeau, working on climate change together with Floriana Polito who is also responsible for the fight of extreme poverty, Francesca Merico working on Health and HIV and AIDS, and being part of Migration Team of Caritas. Msgr. Bob Vitillo as Head of Delegation, widely known expert on HIV/Aids provides guidance and is sometimes “guided” by the young ladies too. Continue reading
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Stop the human tragedy in Vanni! Say bishops.
The Bishop of Jaffna and clergy from the Jaffna peninsula, are holding a hunger strike to draw attention to the thousands of men, women and children caught up in fighting in north eastern Sri Lanka. A fierce battle, between the … Continue reading
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WSF highlights the people of Amazonia
Read this entry in Portuguese Rodrigo Oscar Roman* As an ultimate expression of the diversity of ideas, organisations, ethnic groups and nationalities that make up the World Social Forum (WSF) process, the traditional opening procession saw thousands of people march … Continue reading
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