Archive for February, 2007
Married priest ordained in NWT :: The Catholic Register :: Canada’s Catholic news source
Married priest ordained in NWT :: The Catholic Register :: Canada’s Catholic news source: “Hundreds of parishioners packed St. Patrick’s Church in Yellowknife, NWT, on Feb. 18 to see Don Flumerfelt ordained as the first Catholic priest married with children in the Mackenzie-Fort Smith diocese.”
Irresponsible Reporting & Lying
Irresponsible reporting on religion is dangerous
Submitted by John L Allen Jr… on February 23, 2007 - 9:40am.
–>Posted on Feb 23, 2007 09:40am CST.
All Things Catholic by John L. Allen, Jr.
Canadian Bishop’s Decry Mining Practices of Canadian Companies
In a recent post I raised the issue of the ‘mining practices’ of Canadian Companies in other Countries, especially the third world, and was informed (shortly after posting) that in the Province of Mindanao in the Philippines (area of our sister parish) that this was becoming a major problem. The CCCB has just issued a letter to our Government on this issue. It states:
His Eminence affirms
We must move towards a vision of Corporate Social Responsibility, which cannot be reduced to corporate voluntarism alone but must be complemented by a social responsibility regulated by the state and national organizations.
It is, as you know, a foundational principle of international law that human rights are in no sense voluntary; the protection of human rights is in no sense optional. The mandatory nature of human rights must continue to be a cornerstone of Canada’s presence in the world, and it must govern the actions of Canadian corporations worldwide, particularly those engaged in resource extraction.
At another place in the text, His Eminence affirms:
We cannot continue with ambivalent policies where what we build with one hand, we destroy immediately with the other. It is time to review market and trade rules and to complement them with values of solidarity, justice, subsidiarity, and shared responsibility in our actions and in the future of humanity.
Read full letter at link below:
CECC / CCCB - Practices by Canadian mining companies in other countries raise concerns
Selfishness and Greed: Why? Why? Why?
With all the problems we have in this world, one would hope that governments and corporations would all be struggling to advance justice. When people are exploited and used for the sake of financial gain the very peace of this world is strained and undermined. And, I don’t think planet earth will be able to tolerate much more without dire consequences for all of us. (Why can’t the pain of the oppressed be recognized and alleviated?)
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