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Social justice news
2005
December 2005:
Anniversary calls for rededication to peace and justice
CRS: Last chance to avert second catastrophe in earthquake zone
Fellowship of Reconciliation leads historic peace delegation to Iran
Henriot: flawed summit still "worth it"
NCC urges McDonald’s to improve worker conditions and wages
Pax Christi USA condemns 1000th execution in the United States
Peace and justice activists ask Supreme Court to end RICO case against Pro-Life protesters
Pope Benedict becomes first 'new citizen' of Bethlehem
U.S. Bishops reiterate call for death penalty abolition
U.S. Bishops: Time for moral trade agreements
November:
Anne Burke receives the 2005 U.S. Catholic Award
Catholic Relief Services launches new fair trade chocolate initiative
Claretian Associates bring new affordable housing to South Chicago
New York organizer receives CCHD award for leadership in social justice
Gutierrez: " Poverty is not a destiny"
Tariff fight threatens trade negotiation
Underground bishop arrested in China
October:
Brazilian bishop ends hunger protest
Catholic Campaign for Human Development Awards $9 Million to Fight Poverty
Catholic group says U.S. must do more to prevent Darfur genocide
CRS in crisis response to Pakistan/India earthquake
Darfur aid workers taken hostage
Keeler cites 'mixed outlook' in respect for human life
Oil experts discuss 'curse of oil' in Africa development
September:
Catholic aid agencies accepting donations for hurricane relief
Louisiana, Mississippi dioceses devastated by Katrina; poorest dioceses hurt the most
UNI hopes to halt 'Walmart-ization' of global economy
National collection for hurricane relief announced by USCCB
Third priest murdered in Colombia
Uninsured numbers reach another all-time high
Catholic relief agencies respond to crisis in Niger
Millennium Development Goals quietly being dropped?
US poverty on the rise in 2004
August:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki mark 60th anniversary of atomic attack
Most conflict deaths caused by small arms
New famine, old problem of hunger in Africa
Rainy season signals tough time for Darfur
Small arms take big toll in Iraq and elsewhere
Vatican adds support to small arms trade treaty
July:
Cuts in carbon dioxide emissions vital to stem rising acidity of oceans
More work required on debt forgiveness
London Forum on G-8—‘action on poverty needed now’
U.S. energy policy should consider impact on the poor
USCCB urges action on crucial issues at G-8 Summit
U.S. oil addiction a 'national security emergency
June:
Americans strongly oppose human cloning
Are army recruiters targeting Latino young people?
Black Catholics fight abortion and violence against women
Is adequate housing a human right in Chicago?
Nuclear weapons targeted for the scrapheap of history
UK cloning research challenged by lawyers' group
May:
Abu Ghraib only the “tip of the iceberg” on U.S. torture?
Bishops' official hails move to protect infants who survive abortion
CAFTA deal opposed by Central American farmers
Girls are the greatest casualty of war
The true face of war in the Congo? A child's
U.S. accepts fewer refugees in 2005
Vanguard of UN peacekeeping force arrives in southern Sudan
April:
Bishops launch major campaign to end the use of the death penalty
PBS series to focus on child health in developing world
Poverty fuels revolution in Kyrgyzstan
Oxfam argues: back Annan's vision, save lives
March
Updates:
US bishops hail UN decision on human cloning
; National Catholic organizations commemorate Archbishop Romero with a call for peace
; Groundbreaking agreement ends Taco Bell boycott
CRS collection slated for March 5 - 6
Can Chad escape the "curse" of oil wealth?
More than 600 clerics accused in 2004
Palestinians need economic as well as military security
USCCB/Amnesty International applaud new court restriction on death penalty for juvenile offenders
U.S. bishops to launch major new campaign to abolish death penalty
February
Coming in 2005: the unkindest budget cuts of all?
'Clear human rights abuses' continue in Sudan
CRS commits $80 million to tsunami relief
Development group vindicated: U.S. now seeks Iraq's missing billions
How to save lives? Cancel the debt
Operation Rice Bowl celebrates its 30th anniversary
Pax Christi USA urges Darfur crisis be brought before the International Criminal Court
USCCB welcomes debt cancellation plan
January:
CRS responds to tsunami emergency
Companies rapidly cutting retirees' health benefits
Food aid cuts jeopardize anti-poverty programs
January is CCHD's poverty awareness month
National Migration Week set for January 2-8
Pope's peace message has special implications for United States
Torture survivors oppose Gonzales nomination
Tsunami debt relief must be first of many in 2005
UN launches appeal for tsunami victims
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