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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:48:16 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Reflection on thirtieth anniversary of US bishops’ letter on peace</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 05:46:30 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, the United States was giving aid to brutal regimes like the military led government of El Salvador, was committed to building the B-1 bomber and MX missile, was planning the implementation of an anti-ballistic missile shield, and was preparing to deploy Pershing nuclear missiles in Western Europe.  In the midst of all this conventional violent conflict, and accelerated nuclear war preparation, the US Catholic bishops wrote 'The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response' – arguably the most radical pastoral letter ever written by the American hierarchy.]]></description>
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			<title>US Bishops urge government to publicly discuss and rethink use of Drones</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The United States should publicly discuss and scrutinize its policy of targeted killings by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, in order formulate “a more comprehensive, moral and effective policy to resist terrorism,” said the chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace in a letter to National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon. “An effective counterterrorism policy should employ non-military assets to build peace through respect for human rights and addressing underlying injustices that terrorists unscrupulously exploit,”]]></description>
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			<title>Queen&#039;s Foundation protest against military drones</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:20 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 30 students and staff from a ministerial training college have protested outside a factory which makes engines for unmanned flying bombs. The group from The Queen's Foundation gathered at the Shenstone UAV Engine Factory on Friday 10th May to warn the military that the use of their drones to terrify and kill people in Pakistan is creating a surge in support for the Taliban. "It is obvious, when you pause to think", said Rev Chris Aldridge, "There are three sons and a little sister in a family. One of the sons and their sister]]></description>
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			<title>New York: Pax Christi Metro celebrates 30 years of peacemaking</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:41:34 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With 2013 marking Pax Christi Metro New York’s 30th year of peacemaking, PCMNY is very proud to announce this year’s honorees and to celebrate not only their accomplishments but also what they stand for. This year’s Peacemakers are exceptional in their commitment to victims of crime, poverty, and war and their resolve to offer compassionate alternatives inspired by their faith. On Sunday, 19 May, Pax Christi Metro New York (PCMNY) will be paying tribute to Sr Janet Kinney, CSJ; David L.Maloof; and Judy Lewis.]]></description>
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			<title>Coventry: Christian groups protest against council investment in arms trade</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:59:20 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Members of Pax Christi, Coventry RC Deanery Justice and Peace Group and Coventry University Dept of Peace and Reconciliation protested outside Coventry Cathedral today, 16 May, before the Annual General Meeting of the City Council.
Coventry Council is one of the seven West Midlands Councils that pays into the West Midlands Pension Fund, that has investments in several firms that are involved in the arms trade. These include: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, EADS, Thales and Halliburton.]]></description>
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			<title>Catholic Church &amp; nuclear weapons - open letter to Pope from Bruce Kent</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:17:22 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear Pope Francis, Whether this letter will ever reach you I have no idea, but it is worth trying to contact you. As an ordinary Catholic I wish you well in the great task to which you have been called. You are in the prayers of millions who need your leadership in this, our poverty and war-torn world. I am a Vice-President of the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and of Pax Christi UK which has done its best over many years to promote Papal teaching on peace.]]></description>
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			<title>Ed Miliband tells religious lobby to &#039;keep the pressure on&#039; in fight against global hunger</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Labour leader Ed Miliband was one of 57 MPs who came to speak to yesterday's Religious Lobby of Parliament calling on the government to act on global hunger.  He said: "Politics is too important to be left to the politicians. Of course you need political leadership but you need people. All the major changes that have happened in political history only happened because people made them happen.  "Keep the pressure on us. Keep the pressure on David Cameron and on me and on Nick Clegg to do the right thing, to do our duty as politicians, to make good on our promises]]></description>
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			<title>Hundreds of Religious urge MPs to prioritise global hunger</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:57:27 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 250 members of religious orders, priests and lay associates lobbied their members of parliament to push for action on global hunger, yesterday, as part of the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign. Organised by CAFOD - in conjunction with JPIC Religious Links, the Africa-Europe Faith and Justice Network, Progressio and others - the lobby came ahead of the G8 summit. The participants, with their vast experience of living and working in developing countries, raised with politicians reasons why one in eight people worldwide go hungry,]]></description>
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			<title>New report shows how tax dodging feeds world hunger</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:09:38 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The scandal of world hunger could soon be ended if the revenues that developing countries lose through tax dodging were available to them to invest in agricultural development, says a new report from Christian Aid. One in eight of the world’s population goes to bed hungry, with progress disappointing towards the global goal of halving world hunger by 2015. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) recently cited US$50.2bn per annum, on top of existing funding, as the cost of creating a ‘world free from hunger’ by 2025.]]></description>
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			<title>Mary Colwell: The world is charged with the grandeur of God</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:40 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At the end of April, more than 40 religious, associates and third order members gathered for a conference with Mary Colwell on the Spirituality of Creation, titled ‘The World is charged with the grandeur of God’. The weekend is an annual event organised by JPIC (Justice, Peace & the Integrity of Creation) Religious Links and it was held at over a weekend at High Leigh Conference Centre, Hertfordshire. It was a celebration of our relationship with the natural world, as we were reminded by Mary that relationship is the key to everything]]></description>
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