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Practice what you preach

Practice what you preach

Joe Torres,- UCAN - Spirituality el Wed, Jan 27th 2016

"Our faith is focused on externals and rituals, processions and private devotions," Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato told some 12,000 congress delegates, comprised of priests, religious, and lay church leaders. He reminded delegates that the Eucharist is "the deepest kind of union" that shares in the mission of Jesus "to the poor, the oppressed and marginalized, to all who are needy and in need of love and service. 

School staff swap classroom for the street

School staff swap classroom for the street

Catholic Universe - News - Activities el Tue, Nov 17th 2015

Big-hearted staff at a Stockton primary school will swap the classroom for the street when they take part in the fifth Big Tees Sleepout next month. Eleven of the team from St Bede’s RC Primary School will sleep rough for the night to raise funds to fight homelessness and poverty across Teesside. 

Tradition forces girls into prostitution

Tradition forces girls into prostitution

CNN - Activities el Thu, Sep 29th 2011

  In some Indian villages, girls are sent into prostitution by their families - a tradition that began as religious obligation but is now continued for money. In "Trapped by Tradition," which airs Saturday and Sunday on CNN International, "Slumdog Millionaire" star Anil Kapoor shows how Indian charities are trying to stop the tradition