Daily Archives: April 3, 2014

trafficking

Wear your ethics with pride

The Guardian

Kate Raworth

Step into a changing room and try on that latest shirt. It suits your aesthetics. But does it fit your ethics?

You want to know how it was made, so you scan its bar code into the changing room wall and a webcam screen displays rows of exhausted workers sewing the next batch in a factory in Indonesia – or Bulgaria, Morocco or China. Will this ever happen? The technology is simple, but most retailers would rather focus your attention on the washing instructions.

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Church, USA

Cause for Hope: Sister Simone Campbell on the Pope Francis-Obama Meeting

Bill Moyers

by Sister Simone Campbell

President Barack Obama bids farewell to Pope Francis following an audience at the Vatican, March 27, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama bids farewell to Pope Francis following an audience at the Vatican, March 27, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

 

 

 

 

 

 
For me, working in the world of US politics can sometimes be a rough slog of compromise, messaging debates, struggle and outright failure. But then there are moments like March 27, 2014, when President Obama met with Pope Francis in the Vatican.

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Church

What to Hope for in Pope Francis’ First Encyclical

America Magazine
John A. Coleman

A farmer is seen in late March digging irrigation channels in Alauca, Honduras. Climate change could increase poverty levels for Central American families as well as increase the immigration rate, says a report published by Catholic Relief Services (CNS photo/Neil Palmer, Catholic Relief Services)
A farmer is seen in late March digging irrigation channels in Alauca, Honduras. Climate change could increase poverty levels for Central American families as well as increase the immigration rate, says a report published by Catholic Relief Services (CNS photo/Neil Palmer, Catholic Relief Services)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Vatican, through the pope’s press spokesman, announced that Pope Francis is working on his first encyclical, dealing with the environment. Not surprising that he chose this topic since it is a theme he has often broached. On March 16, 2013, Francis stated he chose the name of Francis of Assisi because: “for me, he is the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation. These days we do not have a very good relationship with creation, do we?”

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Migration, USA

At border Mass, bishops call for compassion, immigration reform

National Catholic Reporter

Patricia Zapor News Catholic News Service

With the backdrop a few feet away of the rusted iron slats of the 30-foot wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley and a dozen other bishops from three countries prayed Tuesday for compassion and for a return to ideals that welcome immigrants.

Fatima Rojas, 13, holds a sign with a plea for her sister, who she said has been held at a U.S. facility in Elroy, Ariz., for months, at a news conference held by a visiting group of U.S. bishops Tuesday in Nogales, Ariz
Fatima Rojas, 13, holds a sign with a plea for her sister, who she said has been held at a U.S. facility in Elroy, Ariz., for months, at a news conference held by a visiting group of U.S. bishops Tuesday in Nogales, Ariz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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