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February 2007 Press Release Archives
- Project Rachel Radio Ads Airing in Washington, DC Area (07-036)
February 28, 2007
This Lent, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is co-sponsoring a 4-week radio ad campaign offering post-abortion healing in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- Evangelism and Elimination of Poverty Stressed at Official Formation of Christian Churches Together (CCT) (07-035)
February 22, 2007
A consensus on the importance of evangelism and the need to eliminate domestic poverty marked the official formation of Christian Churches Together (CCT), meeting in Pasadena, California, February 6-9.
- Down the Road – March 2007 (07-034)
February 22, 2007
- New 'People on the Move' Coordinator Joins U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (07-033)
February 13, 2007
Sr. Myrna Tordillo, MSCS, has joined the staff of Migration and Refugee Services' (MRS) Office for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees (PCMR) as the new coordinator for People on the Move Ministries.
- Cardinal Says Legislation to Prevent Discrimination Based on Genetic Tests Should Be Amended (07-032)
February 13, 2007
Cardinal Justin Rigali called on Congress to correct an "unfortunate and apparently unintentional loophole" in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 493). The legislation is designed to prevent employers and health insurance companies from discriminating against individuals and their families based on the results of genetic tests.
- Catholic Campaign for Human Development Honors California Church Group That Helps Low-Income Latina Women Empower Themselves (07-031)
February 12, 2007
Comunidad en Movimiento, an organization of Latina women at the Dolores Mission Catholic parish in Los Angeles, received the Year 2007 Sister Margaret Cafferty Development of People Award for its efforts to secure justice and basic human rights for low-income people.
- Zen/Ch'an – Catholic Dialogue Opens New Quadrennium (07-030)
February 12, 2007
The first in a second quadrennium of dialogues between Catholics and Buddhists on the West Coast was held at the City of the Ten Thousand Buddhas, Ukiah, California, on the topic: "Abiding in Christ; Taking Refuge in the Buddha".
- U.S. Bishops Call for Moral Focus on Global Climate Change; New Report Demands Urgent Attention (07-029)
February 7, 2007
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is urging members of Congress to address the moral and environmental dimensions of global climate change in the wake of a major international report released last week that cites human activity as the likely cause of rising temperatures around the world.
- Radio Retreats in English, Spanish Offered by Catholic Communication Campaign (07-028)
February 7, 2007
For the second year in a row, a series of Lenten radio retreats is being offered to radio stations by the U.S. bishops' Catholic Communication Campaign in association with Franciscan Radio.
- Americans Think More U.S. Poverty Would Threaten National Security (07-027)
February 2, 2007
Most Americans – 62 percent – think an increase in poverty in the United States would threaten national security, according to the latest Poverty Pulse survey by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).
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