Pentecost: the birthday of the Church
The Easter Season continues through the Feast of Pentecost... read more.
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES launches emergency relief effort to respond to humanitarian crisis caused by tropical cyclone in Myanmar. Read more.
Candidate Questionnaire Program (CQP) to again provide voter information for 2008 elections. To read the bishop's letter to pastors, click here.
Latin America: Some politicians grounded in Catholic Social Teaching. Click for more info...
COVER THE UNINSURED: Local health care professionals travel to Washington to push for health care coverage for all Americans.... read more.
TAKE TIME TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SAFETY.... May 25 is National Missing Children's Day. Did you know that 258,000 children are abducted each year in the U.S.? Did you know that children's actions result in escape from their captors more than 50% of the time? READ MORE...
STAMP OUT HUNGER: The National Association of Letter Carriers invites the community to take part in the 16th annual ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ Food Drive on Saturday, May 10, 2008. Held in more than 10,000 communities across the nation, the food drive is the largest, single-day effort to combat hunger in America..... READ MORE.
Cascade of Hunger
Haiti residents protest rising food prices CRS photo
Catholic Relief Services Food Experts Warn
of an Impending Cascade of Hunger
"What we are seeing is unprecedented," says Catholic Relief Services food aid expert Lisa Kuennen-Asfaw. "If immediate needs are not met, and if resources and policies supporting increased agricultural production are not put in place soon, we are heading for a cascade of hunger the world over.". Click for more....
Young Adults and Voting
Catholic? Planning to vote?
The USCCB has launched a new Faithful Citizenship website just for young Catholics. Click here for more....
The new site includes e-postcards with cool images, an interactive quiz, posters, prayer ideas and discussion guides.
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