South Africa: Orphans and HIV/AIDS

This is one of six case studies posted for Lent that focuses on justice issues that impact children around the world. This case study focuses on children and HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

Argentina: Children and Debt

This is one of six case studies posted for Lent that focuses on justice issues that impact children around the world. This case study focuses on children and debt in Argentina.

Prayer for the Children of the World

This prayer, which reflects on both the suffering and Resurrection of children around the world, can be used on Ash Wednesday to introduce the Lenten case studies on children, below. This prayer and...
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The Other Side of Aid

While there have been many reports about the massive and incredible response to the tsunami disaster from countries around the world, a January 9, 2005 editorial in The Washington Post exposes a side...
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Poverty and Natural Disasters: the South East Asian Tsunami

This two-page fact sheet is on the poverty in the Tsunami-impacted countries and how poor countries are effected by natural disasters.

Development Aid in Poor Countries

Providing assistance and development aid to poor countries has long been a concern of the Church. This two-page fact sheet defines types of short-term and long-term aid to poor countries and explains...
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Poverty, Disasters and Development

The Option for the Poor is central principle of the Church's social teaching and relevant in disasters such as the tsunami in South East Asia. This unit consists of fact sheets on the poverty and...
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World Day of Peace 2005 Message Addresses Poverty

In his January 1, 2005 World Day of Peace Message, Pope John Paul II focused on several main topics, including nonviolence, global citizenship, the common good, sharing the world's resources, the...
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Prayer for Those in Poverty

Prayer for Conflicts around the World

From Sudan to Kashmir to Colombia to Chechyna, this litany prays for victims of conflicts around the world - and that we might be peacemakers and justice seekers in working for their resolution.

Computer Workers Game

This Computer Workers Game, which focuses on the rights of workers in the computer industry, was reproduced from the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)'s Fairground magazine.

December 5, 2004 - Church Promotes Human Rights in Ukraine