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Setting the Stage for the U.N. Climate Change Conference
I arrived in Cancun, Mexico yesterday, and registered today (November 27th 2010) as a participant at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. This is the 16th meeting of Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change. …
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Columbans to attend vigil in Fort Benning, Georgia
Dear Friends, Every November there is a peace vigil in Fr. Benning, Georgia which has been attended by Columban missionaries many times. The vigil calls for the closure of the School of the Americas (formerly, now called the Western Hemisphere …
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Water for the World
“The right to water, as all human rights, finds its basis in human dignity and not in any kind of merely quantitative assessment that considers water as a merely economic good. Without water, life is threatened. Therefore, the right to …
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Are we sleepwalking toward possible catastrophe?
If one were to judge by the pronouncements of politicians, economists and media attention, it would appear that we love money more than life. Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, a huge amount of public discourse has …
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2010 Faith & Politics Reflection Guide
Topics: Introduction | International Debt | Extractive Industries | Genetically Modified Organisms | Migration | Peace and Conflict Resolution | International Trade | Water | Climate Change Introduction There is a Columban prayer card that says, “God of all good …
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2010 Faith & Politics Reflection Guide Intro
In today’s divided world, this call to active participation in the restoration of right relationships with our global sisters and brothers is more urgent than ever before. Globalization has created an international community connected in an unprecedented way. Unfortunately, this …
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Updates on Chilean miners
Thanks for your prayers to the trapped miners and their families in Chile and nearby. So far, the prayers have been answered thanks to the outstanding efforts of the rescuers. Below are links to stories related to the final days …
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Dream Act
DREAM ACT ACTION ALERT Ask your Senator to support the DREAM Act BACKGROUND The DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act9, S. 729) creates a path to citizenship for undocumented students who have entered the United States …
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Action Needed: Freeze Pakistan’s debt payment, increase assistance
ACTION ALERT Pakistan: not only drowning in floods, but in a 49 billion dollar debt that is expected to rise due to international loan plans. BACKGROUND The Columban mission began in Pakistan in 1979 and ever since Columbans have been …
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A push for answers in Myanmar
We join with the US Campaign for Burma in celebrating the recent support given by the Obama administration to the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry.
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