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September 23, 2009

Protecting the world’s poor from climate change

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : Nation/World

Catholic Relief Services wants supporters to urge key senators to increase funding of international adaptation programs in climate change legislation. “Contact your senator now and urge that any climate change legislation considered in the Senate allocate $3.5 billion of funding generated by the bill to international adaptation programs starting in 2012 and increase rapidly to [...]


September 17, 2009

Hispanic bishops discuss policy with Latino legislators, others in congress

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : Nation/World

Immigration reform, health care, education, housing, poverty on agenda Bishops offer Catholic social teaching principles to help in public debate WASHINGTON — At a series of meetings at Capitol Hill, a delegation of Hispanic Bishops discussed with Democrat and Republican legislators of both houses, four areas of deep concern and offered principles of Catholic social [...]