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NEW World AIDS Day Campaign 2011
On World AIDS Day the world community is being challenged to work on achieving Three Zeros: Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS-related deaths. What will we do to make it happen?
Secretary General Mr. Ban ki Moon notes that as we head into the fourth decade of AIDS, we are finally in a position to end the epidemic.
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NEW The Rector Major issues an invitation to strengthen the efforts for a positive education
(Rome) The Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr. Pascual Chávez, sent a message to Salesian communities throughout the world encouraging them to strengthen their efforts for a positive education. “Stop violence against children for a positive education without corporal punishment and cruel and degrading treatment,” is his appeal. He noted that Salesians must promote a positive education “in a world apparently twisting into a spiral of violence and oppression of those who are weaker and defenseless”.
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"For young people...
The Salesians of Don Bosco work to strengthen the participation of the young and those living in poverty in the discussions and in formulating policies and decisions that affect their lives. We have a preferential option for marginalized, vulnerable, and/or excluded youth. We partner with the young to strengthen and support their human and spiritual development...
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“The United Nations
is the
instrument
created after
the
(Second World)
War
for a moral
coordination
of politics."
- Cardinal Ratzinger
Why are there so many Catholic Religious Groups at the UN?
Quite often, people ask why so many Religious Orders and Lay Catholic Inspired NGOs have sought to be accredited to participate in the work of the UN. For some, this is a question that speaks of their dislike for the UN and a belief that Catholic groups should not be involved in it.
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