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Labor Day Statement of Support issued by US Catholic Bishops September 4th, 2009

The U.S. bishops are calling on Catholics to recommit this Labor Day to supporting all workers and praying for those who have lost jobs during the economic recession. The Catholic ishops issued their call in their annual Labor Day statement: “The Value of Work; The Dignity of the Human Person.”

The statement was released on September 3 and signed by Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, New York. Bishop Murphy, chairman of the Bishops’ Conference Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said that Labor Day is a time to celebrate “the value and dignity of work and the contribution and rights of the American worker.”

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April 2008 Issue of JPIC Report April 9th, 2008

In this issue:

• News from the Director: The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is this year, but the state of labor rights remains poor.
• News and Happenings: Death Penalty Update, Convention for the Common Good, and more.
• Resources on conscious consumerism
• Oblates Say No to the US/Mexico Border Wall
• Congressional and UN updates
• US Agricultural Subsidies: Reform Needed
• Bold Justice Underway in South Florida
• Faith Consistent Investing
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Document to Defend
• Think Outside the Bottle: Drink Tap Water, NOT Bottled Water
• Oblate Ecological Work in the High Andes
• and more

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