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Fr. Carl Kabat Protests Nuclear Weapons Once Again August 15th, 2009
Father Carl Kabat, OMI was whose work has been marked by anti-nuclear activism has been arrested for entering a missile silo facility in Colorado.
Priest arrested for breaching missile silo (Greeley Tribune)
Anti-nukes priest here readies for next arrest (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Pictures of Fr. Carl Kabat at Plowshares Witness at N-8, August 6, 2009
Statement to the Press from Fr Carl:
“The Roman Catholic Church, of which I am a priest, at the close of its Vatican Council II in 1965 condemned nuclear bombs as a crime against humanity and are to be condemned unreservedly.
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Conditions in Sri Lanka Refugee Camps Worsening July 20th, 2009
Waiting for Water at Manik Camp
According to a report by the associated Press in Colombo, conditions in the refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka are seriously worsening. In a report dated Sunday July 19th, AP said “in June, chicken pox was rampant and cases of typhoid, tuberculosis, skin and respiratory infections, hepatitis A, scabies and diarrhea have begun cropping up, according to U.N. reports. More than 35 percent of children under 5 are suffering from wasting, or acute malnutrition, according to a July 3 government presentation.”
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Wal-Mart to Measure Sustainability of its Products July 18th, 2009
Wal-Mart is known for its rock-bottom prices, but customers soon will also be able to choose what products to buy on the basis of their social and environmental impacts – or at least that is the idea, according to the company. Wal-Mart announced today that it is launching a Sustainability Index – an electronic indexing system that will provide information about a product’s carbon footprint, the gallons of water used to create it, the air pollution left in its wake and social impacts related to production.
The company has recruited scholars, suppliers, and environmental groups to help it create the index – a universal rating system that scores products based on how environmentally and socially sustainable they are over the course of their lives. The goal is to have other retailers adopt the indexing system, which will be created over the next five years.
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Memorial Celebration of the Life of Larry Rosebaugh, OMI July 11th, 2009
Forty days after he was killed on the road to Playa Grande in Guatemala a great crowd gathered to remember and celebrate the gift of Fr Lorenzo Rosebaugh OMI in their lives. The celebration was led by the bishop of Quiche, Monsenor Mario Molina and the apostolic nuncio to Guatemala His Excellency the most reverend Paul Richard Gallagher, alongside numerous priests and leaders in the community.
