Salt of the Earth: May 2008

Salt of the Earth
May 2008 - Vol 10; No 5

Social justice news from SOTE
May 7:
Catholic aid agencies plan response to Burma devastation
Drug War's collateral damage: African American communities?

April 30:
Experts say high food prices permanent; bishops urge help for poor

April 25:
UK religious call on Britain to kick a bad carbon habit

April 24:
Red Cross: Baghdad's Sadr City residents under "strain"

April 22:
Stop arms flow to Zimbabwe, Church says

April 17:
CRS urges immediate global hunger relief
Key swing voters say economy isdefining issue for Penn. primary

April 16:
Jesuits urge Haitian government to make plans to fight hunger crisis

April 15:
Aid agencies sound alarm over world food shortage

April 11:
Grim statistics focus on uninsured as Catholics promote dialogue
Conference to confront Noma, the 'face of poverty,' on May 22

USCatholic News
Blogs
Reviews

Scholar, pastor, enigma: German pope defies easy caricature

Former bishop wins presidential election in Paraguay

Four key phrases help unlock meaning of pope's speech at U.N.

Pope, at U.N., says no government or religion can limit human rights

Bush summit seeks help for inner-city Catholic schools

Catholic Tastes: Inspiring video

Margin Notes: Slow torch to China

The Examined Life: Catholicism American style

Signs of the Times: Time dubs Benedict the "American Pope"

Books
Before Dallas
Anyone who has been confounded by the church’s mishandling of the child sex abuse crisis will benefit from Nicholas Cafardi’s detailed account of the church’s response prior to the 2002 approval in Dallas of the U.S. bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.

Movies
There Will Be Blood
Paul Anderson’s adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel Oil! joins an impressive list of Hollywood classics lancing the boil of ambition and greed in the underbelly of the American dream.

Atonement
Older Catholics may recall a story about the standard penance for gossip. “On a blustery day shake out the contents of a feather pillow from a high window. The next day collect every feather scattered across the landscape.”

April 04:
CCHD's 'global town hall' looks at race and poverty

April 02:
Five questions with environmentalist and educator Sister Anne Clifford, C.S.J.

In session
CRS urges Congress to preserve global food aid
U.S. Bishops urge 'economic stimulus' priority for poor families

Stat house
SIERRA LEONE: Child and maternal mortality worst in the world

Salt shakers
A vote of confidence for open source elections
Catholic peacemakers plan Ash Wednesday service at White House

Idea exchange
Maryknoll offers foreign policy campaign guide

Margin notes: From U.S. Catholic
Home sweet biohazard
There's no place like home, as long as parents prevent it from becoming toxic.

I think I can, I think I can
A 19th-century mode of transport may be the answer to our current environmental woes.

Womb for rent
Have infertile couples taken a maternity leave of their senses?

Hot enough for you?
The world's poor face an even bleaker future than polar bears, thanks to global warming.

Announcements: Courtesy of U.S. Catholic
Upcoming events, conferences, and resources worth noting.

Salt links
Online resources at your service. (Please feel free to e-mail suggestions for sites you've found useful, interesting, or pleasantly off-kilter.) Sign up for new videos from U.S. Catholic and Salt of the Earth!

From the archives of Salt of the Earth
Hunger, housing, homelessness, parish organizing: Salt of the Earth has covered it all in its previous incarnation as a print journal reviewing Catholic social teaching and parish-based organizing for social justice.

SOTE Self-help zone
Parish social ministry folks looking for help may find some here—from each other and SOTE.

The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Use this timeline to trace the history of the church's best-kept (unfortunately) secret.

Saint Dorothy Day?
The Vatican calls Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day a "Servant of God" and begins the process of her canonization. Read about the Claretian connection to Day's canonization.

Remembering Oscar Romero
A special remembrance of the martyrdom of Oscar Romero with an online and print resources listing for information about this saint for our times.

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