Today and every day we will stand up, speak out and take action for the Millennium Development Goals. The call to our leaders is simple: End Poverty and Inequality Now!
At a time when the global economic crisis dominates the news, the world needs to be reminded that not everyone works in offices and factories. The crisis is stalking the small-scale farms and rural areas of the world, where 70 percent of the world's hungry live and work.
From left to right : Micheal Higgins TOR, Denise Boyle FMDM, John Doctor OFM, Mario Tasca OFM Conv, Mauro Jöhri OFM Cap, Jose Carballo OFM. Encarnita del Pozo SFO and Br. Jim Puglisi IFC-TOR are missing from the photo
On October 1, representatives from Geneva based NGOs and officials from diplomatic missions gathered at the Franciscans International office in Geneva to celebrate with FI Staff the “800th Anniversary of the Franciscan way of Life”.
Pope John Paul II proclaimed St. Francis of Assisi the patron of ecology in 1979. The pope cited him for being “an example of genuine and deep respect for the integrity of creation....
“Why to you? Why to you? Why to you, Br. Francis?” was the question addressed by one of his companions to our father and brother Francis. “Why to you? Why to you? Why to you, Br. Francis”
Each year people everywhere are invited to celebrate the International Peace Day on September 21, and the International Day of Non violence on October 2.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015.
The UN-led Seal the Deal Campaign aims to galvanize political will and public support for reaching a comprehensive global climate agreement in Copenhagen in December.
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