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A Lenten Examination of Conscience

[Mar. 2006, Vol. 3, No. 7]

Woman of Faith, Woman of Justice: Dorothy Stang

This article is a tribute to Sr. Dorothy Stang, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dorothy "Dot" Stang, moved to Brazil 40 years ago to help the poor build independent futures for their...
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Lenten Reflection Series on Food Justice: Part 6

During Lent, this series on food justice offers people of faith the opportunity to reflect on our responsibility to ensure that the food and agriculture system is based on moral and ethical...
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Lenten Reflection Series on Food Justice: Part 5

During Lent, this series on food justice offers people of faith the opportunity to reflect on our responsibility to ensure that the food and agriculture system is based on moral and ethical...
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Way of Torture, Way of the Cross: A Bible Study for Lent

This Bible Study is by Church Folks for a Better America. The introduction states, "This Bible Study aims to engage Christian adults in a consideration of the torture and abuse crisis from a...
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Our Sister Water/Nuestra Hermana Agua

This prayer, "Our Sister Water," or "Nuestra Hermana Agua," is from Franciscans International and is provided in both English and Spanish to celebrate World Water Day on March 22 or any other...
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Fowl Play: The poultry industry's central role in the bird flu

This timely report from GRAIN presents a fresh perspective on the bird flu story that challenges current assumptions and puts the focus back where it should be: on the transnational poultry...
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Six Months After Katrina: Who Was Left Behind Then and Who is Being Left Behind Now?

The Katrina evacuation was totally self-help. If you had the resources, a car, money and a place to go, you left. Over one million people evacuated - 80% to 90% of the population. No provisions...
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Food Security

World Food Summit

At the UN World Food Summit in November 1996 one hundred eighty-six nations adopted a Rome Declaration and Plan of Action that committed them to seven sets of actions designed to reduce food...
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