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Category: Ethics & Human Dignity
US Debate: What Works to Get, and Keep, People out of Poverty
By Mark Pattison – What methods work best at getting people out of poverty – and keeping them out – was the subject of debate during a...
Dutch cardinal: Euthanasia for Children Continues ‘Slippery Slope’
By Simon Caldwell – Proposals to amend Dutch law to allow the euthanasia of children represent the latest descent down the “slippery slope” of the killing of patients...
Pope Repeats Call To Divert Funds From Military To Fighting Hunger
By Cindy Wooden – Repeating a call first made by St Paul VI, Pope Francis urged a global move to divert money from national military spending and use...
Holy See Symposium: Pandemic Increases Human Trafficking And Exploitation
By Cindy Wooden – While the Covid-19 pandemic has shut down or slowed most businesses, it does not appear to have put a dent in human trafficking, said...
Institute for Urban Ministry Consultation – Transform Your City
Every 2 years the Institute for Urban Ministry hosts an interactive Consultation to bring together faith-driven individuals and organisations who are committed to transforming their cities. This year’s...
Cardinal Mueller: Catholic Politicians Must Fight Abortion, Euthanasia
By CNA – Catholic politicians have an obligation to fight against abortion and euthanasia, while applying the whole of Catholic social teaching in their political work, Cardinal...
SACBC World Day Of Migrants And Refugees Webinar Focuses on Internally Displaced
By Sheila Pires – The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) Migrants and Refugees Office held a webinar on Thursday 1st October to look at Migration, Internally Displaced...
This Pandemic Calls Us To Acts Of Kindness
Recalling acts of kindness he has experienced in precarious situations. FR DICK O’RIORDAN suggests that the suffering created by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown call all of...
Bishop João Rodrigues: We All Need healing
More than a quarter of a century after apartheid, we are called to a new struggle to overcome the legacy of apartheid, according to the bishop of...
‘A Riot Is The Language Of The Unheard’
Last year I was knocked to the ground and pinned down by an assailant who held his hand over my mouth. I cried out, “I can’t breathe!”...
It’s Time For The Church To Lead By Example
A new kind of front line is emerging on the scene of the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: that of workers and...
