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Poverty in the midst of plenty: Hunger persists in U.S.

Friday, 02 December 2011 00:00

As U.S. nutritionists cringe over the prospect of an overweight nation indulging in a two-month binge of "season's eatings" --- from Halloween candy to Thanksgiving dinners to Christmas feasts to New Year's parties --- there are millions of Americans who aren't sure they're going to get enough to eat this day or the next.

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Love beyond naiveté and romance

Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

Several years ago, a Presbyterian minister I know challenged his congregation to open its doors and its heart more fully to the poor. The congregation initially responded with enthusiasm and a number of programs were introduced that actively invited people from the less-privileged economic areas of the city, including a number of street-people, to come to their church.

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CRS and CCHD: Branches of Catholic Social Teaching

Friday, 11 November 2011 00:00

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor,” declared the prophet Isaiah approximately 2,300 years ago. “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor” (Isaiah 61).

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U.S. Catholics: Mixed reaction to Vatican's economy document

Friday, 04 November 2011 00:00

U.S. Catholics have mixed feelings about the Vatican's ideas on how to fix today's troubled global economy.

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Gadhafi's death: Catholics don't rejoice, but recall his brutality

Friday, 28 October 2011 00:00

Catholic leaders said they could not rejoice at the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but they recalled some of his more brutal moments and speculated on the future of Christians in the region.

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.