Month: February 2006

Did the 2005 Synod Duck Issues of Hunger and Poverty?

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 […]

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Did the 2005 Synod Duck Issues of Hunger and Poverty?