Short answer – anything up to a fortnight’s supplies is fine. Anything beyond that leads you into a moral minefield. Read more Related Posts:Families may find this lockdown worse than first,…Church arm helps families with foodMan who stole charity’s Christmas food parcels gets…Post-quake Haiti in mourning: funerals, aftershocks,…
Posts Tagged ‘Greed’
How the seven deadly sins can be good for your health
Monday, December 2nd, 2019
Whether or not you’re a religious sort, chances are you’ll have come across the seven deadly sins. According to Christian theology, these are the seven vices which are supposedly the path to further immorality: pride, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth and greed. Of course, one man’s sin is another man’s natural human inclination. Look at Read more
Examining our greed during Lent
Monday, March 27th, 2017
Lent is a good time to examine our consciences regarding greed in all its forms: In faith, love, forgiveness, time, abilities, and finances. Greed can distort reality, manipulate truth, coerce sinful actions, and compromise virtue and a desire to follow the ways of God. This weekend, the Lenten journey continues but lightens up with “Rejoice Read more
AS Government officials’ frequent flyer miles given to the needy
Friday, May 24th, 2013
American Samoa plans to take away frequent flyer miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the US territory and give them to medical patients who need to travel overseas for treatment. Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga says the territory will use the the frequent flyer miles to help medical patients travel off-island when needed, Read more
Kevin Barr on greed and the economic crisis
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Fiji based social justice advocate, Father Kevin Barr, has launched a new booklet in which he argues that greed, individual and corporate, lies at the heart of the current global economic crisis. Key issues discussed in the booklet include: The “scandalous” aspects of wealth and poverty in the US and other countries; The current growing Read more
Rena – Not a ship of Shame
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Marine Risk Assessor, John Riding has said Rena from Monrovia was a well-built vessel – It was not a “ship of shame”. But what happened was more than a shame, it was a disaster. Is the disaster a result of the “loss of balance” Dame Anne Salmond spoke about in her DomPost opinion piece on Thursday? “In the Read more
Occupy Wall St protests spread – an economic crisis born of greed
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Limitless Greed + Inequality + Market Volatility + Unemployment = An Occupied Wall Street. The small protest known as Occupy Wall Street has grown over the past 4 weeks. Occupy Wall St protests have spread across the United States and are now going world-wide. There is even a group planning a week-long protest at Civic Square in Read more
- Catholic Social Teaching and the Wealth Gap
- Pew Report Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics
- Occupy Wall St movement spreads to Australia
- America Magazine What If "Occupy Wall Street" Could Be Attempted in the Catholic Church?
- Note from the Wall Street Protest
- Michael Moore bemoans US wealth, poverty paradox
- NZ POLITICS DAILY: The politics of a low-wage economy
- NZCCSS Closer Together Whakatata Mai Reducing inequality (NZ)
- Inequality is a moral dilemma for Catholics
- US Wealth gap a moral scandal