Catholic church says legal aid cuts will harm human trafficking victims
Letter sent to justice secretary by senior Catholic officials warns that residency test for legal aid will harm vulnerable people Victims of human trafficking and domestic abuse will be deprived of courtroom support under...Read more...
TANA LIBERI TUTTI :: A BIENNALE WITH (ANOTHER) VIEW
Here’s an opportunity of living the very high society opening of the most followed visual art Bienniale by another point of view. A mental and spatial perspective with a really social approach and a little post-situationist...Read more...
National education fighters to go distance
A pressure group that led the campaign against the introduction of national education in schools will join a "patriotic march" on Sunday. The march, organized by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic...Read more...
A (Second) Response to 'Just Economics'
I have read and re-read Dr Stacie Beck’s article, "Just Economics." I still wonder who these Catholic “social justice advocates” are whom Dr. Beck is criticizing. She names only a fourth grade religion text. Not having seen...Read more...
Playground building set in tornado-hit Ind. town
HENRYVILLE, Indiana — After months of planning and fundraising, the construction of a new playground at the Henryville Youth Sports Complex will finally become a reality on Saturday. Employees of the AmeriHealth Caritas...Read more...
Full of Song and Happy to Share: Paul McIlvaine and the Connecticut Choral … – Housatonic Times
Full of Song and Happy to Share: Paul McIlvaine and the Connecticut Choral ... Housatonic Times In fact, an arrangement of this work by Paul Mealor, a Scottish composer, was widely regarded as the most expressive and moving...Read more...
Local West Yorkshire News: Examiner Community Awards 2013 - Arts Award
NOW we have reached the ninth category in our countdown to the Examiner Community Awards and today we look at the three finalists nominated for the Arts Award in the run-up to the presentation night next Thursday.Read more...
Love Demands a Loving Response
I will give myself to Christ today by Fr Walter Schu, LC | Source: Catholic.net Introductory Prayer: Lord, I believe in you and all that you have revealed for our salvation. I hope in you because of your overflowing mercy....Read more...
Thousands of Homes Destroyed by Tropical Storm Mahasen
Though Cyclone Mahasen was downgraded to a tropical storm, it still caused serious damage, destroying 49,000 homes and damaging another 46,000 in Bangladesh. CRS and partner Caritas Bangladesh are responding. The post Thousands...Read more...
Chief Executive's Office's response to media enquiries
In response to media enquiries on the statement issued by the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) and a group of students from Caritas Institute of Higher Education on the protest on May 16, which mentioned that the Chief...Read more...
Speed of housing policy concerns Catholic agency (Newstalk ZB)
Jacqui Stanford, Newstalk ZB May 19, 2013, 7:54 am There is concern the speed at which housing policies are being pushed through will mean little time for the public to have a say. Catholic social justice agency Caritas has...Read more...
Protesters march on Caritas ceremony
A student activist group on Thursday demanded that Hong Kong’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying initiate clear democratic reforms and a retirement pension scheme for all citizens. About 40 members of the Hong Kong Federation of...Read more...
TANA LIBERI TUTTI :: FOOD AND ART BIENNALE
Here’s an opportunity of living the very high society opening of the most followed visual art Bienniale by another point of view. A mental and spatial perspective with a really social approach and a little post-situationist...Read more...
Child detention and deportation – two Luxembourgish cases
Two weeks ago, immediately after being alerted by members of Personne n’est illégal – Luxembourg and the Association de Soutien aux Travailleurs Immigrés, sections of the Luxembourgish press (Wort.lu, Le Quotidien, and even the...Read more...
Take the time to plan homes and communities - Caritas (Fuseworks)
Rent subsidies as an acknowledgement that the Government has listened to the Children's Commissioner Expert Advisory Group,' says Mrs Hickey...Turn-around times of two weeks and six weeks for each of the new housing bills at...Read more...
POPE RECEIVES CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Vatican City, 16 May 2013 (VIS) – This morning, after celebrating Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, Pope Francis met with the Executive Committee of Caritas Internationalis, with their president, Cardinal Oscar Andres...Read more...
Syria: The Long Calvary of the Christians
Bishop Antoine Audo, S. J., Chaldean bishop of Alep and president of Caritas Syria, spoke to the news agency Fides on April 10, of the precarious situation of the inhabitants of Alep, who can be seen in the streets with plastic...Read more...
Take the time to plan homes and communities - Caritas
Rushing legislation to implement new housing policy could actually undermine promising new housing initiatives in the 2013 Budget, says Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. Caritas Director Julianne...Read more...
CSAN seeks protections for vulnerable women on legal aid changes
Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), the social action arm of the Catholic Church, has urged the Government to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect victims of trafficking and domestic abuse in the proposed...Read more...
It's getting worse in Spain
It's nearly four months since we looked at Spain . The economic and social fabrics continue to flake and peel and crack. Ambrose reports that the Catholic charity Caritas "is now helping 40,000 people in a province of 700,000,...Read more...
Amahoriwacu Group : Burundi
50 of $4,400 raised. Started raising funds on May 15, 2013 Pierre, a 43-year-old widower, lives in Gitega and is a member of the Amahoriwacu group. He has four children, aged 13 to 20, two of whom are in school. He has been...Read more...
Where wells amount to life
Nurni Sulaiman, The Jakarta Post, Buton, Southeast Sulawesi | Feature | Wed, May 15 2013, 1:44 PM Paper Edition | Page: 21 Aridness is common in Buton and Muna island regencies, as well as neighboring areas in Southeast...Read more...
Connecticut Choral Society performs
Connecticut Choral Society performs Maestro Eric Knapp will lead the ensemble's 75 auditioned members in singing Schubert's Mass in G, Durufle's "Ubi Caritas," Mozart's "Laudate Dominum," Rutter's "Gaelic Blessing," Vaughan...Read more...
Now Spanish Catholic Church Leader Slams Economic System
Posted by Stephen Cook on May 13, 2013 Braulio Rodriguez, the Archbishop of Toledo, has warned that soaring unemployment in Spain and across southern Europe has become “very dangerous”. Photo: Reuters Stephen: OK, so Pope...Read more...
God is love : Deus Caritas Est, encyclical letter / Benedict XVI.
"Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 25 December, the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, in the year 2005, the first of my Pontificate" -- P. 52. Encyclical letter Deus Caritas Est of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the...Read more...
Row over foreign aid cutbacks on eve of Australian Budget
Row over foreign aid cutbacks on eve of Australian Budget Australia's foreign aid program has been confirmed as a casualty of this year's budget. Row over foreign aid cutbacks on eve of Australian Budget (Credit: ABC) The...Read more...
Long night of the churches
Hundreds of churches will open their doors during the Long Night of Churches on 24 May, once again. A focus of the event will be the issue of asylum, which has been hotly debated since the occupation of Votivkirche at the...Read more...
Irish columnist says Cardinal O’Malley broke a deal on Kenny commencement speech
Similar to the orthodox lay Catholic pressure on His Eminence to back out of the Caritas/Centene deal that would have had the Catholic Caritas hospital system making and profiting from referrals to abortion services from the...Read more...
Shaheen FC win Peace Football Tourney
LAHORE - Shaheen Football Club has defeated Friend to Donbasco on penalty kicks to win the final of the Peace Football Tournament 2013 at Anach Ghar, Bael Hatta Football Railway ground. The tournament was organised by the Peace...Read more...
Long night of the churches
Long night of the churches Hundreds of churches will open their doors during the Long Night of Churches on 24 May, once again. A focus of the event will be the issue of asylum, which has been hotly debated since the occupation...Read more...
