CCHD Collection Focuses on Struggling Families
Friday, October 30, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNS)—"Families are struggling. Faith is calling" is the
theme for this year's national collection for the Catholic Campaign for
Human Development, which will be taken up in most U.S. Catholic
churches the weekend of Nov. 21-22.
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Political Unrest Drags Down Honduran Economy
Thursday, October 22, 2009
COPAN RUINAS, Honduras (CNS)—Oscar Garcia used to sell 100 pounds of
tomatoes every day in the municipal market of this colonial town near
the Guatemalan border. Since the June 28 ouster of President Manuel
Zeyala, Garcia sells just 40 pounds of tomatoes and has to moonlight as
a hotel security guard to support his family.
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Catholic Agencies Team Up to Offer Loans to Working Poor
Sunday, October 18, 2009
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (CNS)—Car payments, school fees, new tires,
insurance payments, even funeral costs: Sometimes the money to keep a
person from slipping over the edge just isn't available.
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Additional Recent News
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WASHINGTON—Developing countries are just beginning to feel the
worst consequences of the global financial crisis, despite a
declaration by world leaders meeting in Pittsburgh that measures their
governments implemented to address the crisis have worked, said an
international alliance of Catholic development agencies.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
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NEW YORK—The consumer culture in the United States, though hobbled by the current economic crisis, has the potential to re-emerge as a positive force if it embraces new values and balances the inequities caused by the global redistribution of wealth, said panelists at a Sept. 15 forum in New York.
Monday, September 21, 2009
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Monday, September 21, 2009
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PITTSBURGH—Leaders of the most powerful countries in the
world, meeting for the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh Sept. 24-25, have huge
economic issues to contend with.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
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WASHINGTON—Over the past 40 years, faith groups have
demonstrated the ability to influence how corporations, and even
governments, make financial decisions, according to Oblate Father
Seamus Finn, director of social justice for the Missionary Oblates of
Mary Immaculate and a leader within the Interfaith Center on Corporate
Responsibility.
Friday, September 18, 2009
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Friday, September 18, 2009
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WOODBRIDGE, Va.—In a time of recession, Sondra knows she and her 4-year-old daughter Hope could be on the street.
Monday, September 21, 2009
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Monday, September 21, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A top Vatican official lamented that producing
urgently needed medicines is no longer driven by traditional medical
ethics, but by money.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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background information
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The 1986 pastoral letter, promulgated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, addresses the U.S. economy and the principles of Catholic social teaching within the U.S. context. The letter stressed that the measure of our economy is not only what it produces, but also how it touches human life, whether ...
Monday, November 10, 2008
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From U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1986.
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The 1995 U.S. Catholic bishops’ pastoral message, written on the 10th anniversary of the pastoral letter, “Economic Justice for All,” calls upon the Catholic community to: “look back at the economic letter and its major themes; look around at the U.S. economy a decade later, noting progress and continuing progress and ...
Monday, November 10, 2008
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From U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1995
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Here at a glance are the highlights of the pastoral letter "Economic Justice for All," approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops in 1986.
Monday, November 10, 2008
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From Catholic News Service
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—As U.S. residents struggle to make sense of the dramatic downturn in the economy, scholars and clergy are revisiting a 22-year-old pastoral letter written by the U.S. Catholic bishops promoting an economic policy that reins in unbridled consumerism and a lust for material riches and advocates the theology of sharing ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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From Catholic News Service
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