By Bruce Duncan, Micah (March 2006), 4-5. Pope Benedict XVI has extolled people and organisations responding to the needs of those disadvantaged in some way as crucial for Christians, since Jesus identifies profoundly with those in need, the hungry, sick and strangers. Indeed, such ‘love becomes the criterion for the definitive decision about a human [...]
February 18th, 2006 | Posted in Church and Social Justice | Read More »
by Bruce Duncan CSsR Source: The Japan Mission Journal, (Spring 2006), 38-48. Some observers have been keenly disappointed with the October 2005 Synod of Bishops in Rome, particularly in that it missed the opportunity to issue a resounding call to tackle the great problems of world hunger and poverty. Many bishops did speak strongly on [...]
February 17th, 2006 | Posted in Global poverty | Read More »
