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Social justice news
2002
December
Continuing drought, coffee crisis add to Central America's misery
Food insecurity increases slightly between 1999 and 2001
Globetrotting food will log more miles than Santa this Christmas
Remembering the suffering of millions on World AIDS day
November
Coming to a shopping mall near you—global conflict?
Drought worsens in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Food crisis threatens millions in Zimbabwe
Oxford Research Group critical of Bush war plans
Supreme Court decision throws issue of juvenile execution to states
UN says progress in reducing hunger has halted
Vatican to UN: No development without human dignity
October
Americans support Iraq war, but only with international backing
Can U.S. Catholics go to war with Iraq?
Hurricanes Isidore and Lili leave thousands in need
Uninsured numbers rise after two years of decline
VOTF banned in Boston—and elsewhere
September
Churches issue call to stop the rush to war
Church calls for human dignity in sustainable
development
Pax Christi USA calls for 'pledge of resistance'
against attack on Iraq
Religious orders say they won't defrock abusive
priests
USAID reports hunger stalks Palestinian children
U.S. women religious pass resolution for
peace
VOTF meetings banned on church property
August
AIDS claims thousands while Africans wait for Western help
Amnesty International renews call for suspension of U.S. weapons transfers to Israel
Bishops concerned about "homeland security's" threat to immigrants
CRS in emergency response to drought and famine in southern Africa
School of the Americas protesters sentenced
Supreme Court affirms school vouchers
Voice of the Faithful meet in sorrow and hope
War drums along the Potomac
July
Big donors call for financial accountability from bishops
British bishop sells mansion; Chicago's George says he might do the same
Bush speech lightly fans hope for peace in Middle East
Death penalty under attack in courts and government
Did Dallas USCCB meeting make any difference?
Pax Christi USA questions U.S. policy in Afghanistan
Supreme Court ruling on vouchers hailed by USCCB
June
Bishops call for Vatican III
Bishops to consider Charter to protect children
Frosted mini-nukes?
Maryland calls moratorium on death penalty
SEIU in landmark contract with Catholic Healthcare West
Tactical nukes next up in arms-control agenda?
U.S. bishops say refugee program in crisis
Voice of laity emerging
May
Activist details Islamic peace tradition
George Higgins—America's "labor priest"—dies after long illness
Human rights violations in Jenin?
Innocence frees 100th prisoner from death row
Marching on Washington and against a new war
New voices call for Sunday collection boycott
Supreme Court says no backpay to illegal immigrants
April
Are your links growing lurid?
Catholic Peace Fellowship makes timely revival
Colombian Bishops issue 10-point plan for peace
CRS responds to Afghanistan earthquake
Did reform or economy lighten the load on states' welfare rolls?
Foreign aid boost makes a commendable step toward reducing global want
USCCB issues statement on Middle East violence
USCCB takes a leap into the future
Will bishops face felony charges because of clergy sex abuses?
March
Beginning of the end of violence in Northern Ireland?
—news analysis
Bush budget 'trickles down' and leaves out social service programs
Clergy sex abuse scandal continues
Giving peace a small chance in the Middle East
Humanitarian emergency follows collapse of Colombia's peace process
IRS warns against "slavery reparation" tax scam
Measuring the human cost of the war on terror
Pax Christi plans summit in a "time of terrorism
Pope calls for immediate Middle East ceasefire
USCCB calls refugee admissions stall a crisis
Vatican opposes Iraq attack, favors Palestinian state
February
Catholic Relief responds to Goma volcano victims
Catholics at odds over war on terror
Freedom Car plan a 'fig leaf' or U.S. automotive future?
Houston, we've got a problem
—a look at the Enron debacle
USCCB supports expanding health insurance to unborn
January
"Bishop of Beijing" dies of kidney failure
CCHD spotlights poverty in America
Drought/9-11 slowdown add to Central America's woes
Emergency aid reaches Afghans
Hunger/homelessness up sharply in major cities
UN launches website on freshwater issues
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