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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and…

To Manchester

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IMAGINE, by John Lennon (1971) Imagine there’s no countries,  It isn’t hard to do.  Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace… You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m…

Against all leprosies

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SILVIA PIO (edited by) Today it is the 64th World Leprosy Day, observed internationally to increase the public awareness of Leprosy or Hansen’s Disease. This day wachosen in commemoration of the death of Gandhi. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases in the…

Message in a Bottle from Emma Goldman

Messages in a bottle are passages, quoted from writers who lived in the past, conveying a message that can still be appreciated in the present. Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869, Kovno, Lithuania – May 14, 1940, Toronto, Canada) was one…

Peace Posters tell a story

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“The posters, as usual, say it all.” This remark by British journalist Robert Fisk does raise several questions. Is it really true that posters “say it all”? And is it true for all posters or just some of them? This…

Rereading Teilhard in a Changing World

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FEDERICO BATTISTUTTA The Cone and the Mandala The undisputed merit of Teilhard de Chardin is that of having attempted to enter into a vital dialogue between Christianity and the modern world. Implicitly, he was saying that the presentation of the…