Sentences with phrase «on justice for the poor»

Many other readers will realize that Pullman's God is not the God of the Bible, who «abounds in steadfast love» and insists on justice for the poor.

Imagine what would happen if all the evangelical institutions — youth organizations, publications, colleges and seminaries, congregations and denominational headquarters — would dare to undertake a comprehensive two - year examination of their total program and activity to answer this question: Is there the same balance and emphasis on justice for the poor and oppressed in our programs as there is in Scripture?

Not exact matches

I had hope for the new Pope with his emphasis on helping the poor (the importance of social justice is one of best things the Catholic Church gave to me even if I don't agree with most of their stands:)-RRB- but I don't much will change their stories of embezzlement, telling the Nuns on the Bus to settle down and the history of hiding and transferring pedos from church to church doesn't help them either.

«As Hispanic Catholics in the U.S achieve upward mobility, they may become a little more conservative on social justice and concern for the poor,» Dillon says, «but currently many of the issues that are especially important to Catholics in Latin America are also very important to Hispanic Catholics in the U.S.»

The archbishop also asserted that laws are based upon certain principles: «the pursuit of the common good through respect for the natural law, the dignity of the human person, the inviolability of innocent life from conception to natural death, the sanctity of marriage, justice for the poor, protection of minors, and so on.»

I have absolutely no intention of ever going back to a traditioonal Catholic Church but if there was a new Catholic Church where Catholic Nuns said the mass and offered communion, and where the focus was on Social Justice, Equality for Women and Compassion for the Poor I would be very eager to begin attending mass again.

Melbourne focused on the identification of Christianity with the poor and marginalized of the world in their struggle for liberation and justice.

There is little doubt that the concern for cultures and religions expresses the middle class social location of most process theologians, whereas the focus on political and economic issues and the concomitant demand for justice express the identification with the poor that is the glory of liberation theology.

Matthew referenced God's heart for the poor, prisoners, and justice for the oppressed, as recounted in Scripture and reflected in Gorsuch's judicial writings, including opinions on behalf of prisioners with disabilities and two victims claiming sexual harrassment.

Not long before his assassination on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had expressed his desire to begin a «Poor People's Movement» for economic justice.

There is a clear demand on the part of the Christians in India to work for economic justice especially in view of the swifter and greater marginalization of the poor as a result of economic reforms under globalization.

But in our context today where millions of people are in hunger and live in sub-human conditions on account of the unjust socioeconomic and political structures of our country, faith in Jesus Christ would mean to identify ourselves with the struggles of the poor and the oppressed for justice and liberation.

Concretely how do Christians structure the priestly and sacramental life and evangelistic mission of their separate religious congregation, within the framework of their participation in the whole nation's search for a common basis for promoting the politics of democracy and of development with justice for the poor and liberation of the oppressed and for building a common moral social culture to undergird the sense of the larger community based on dignity for all persons and peoples?

On the other side was a tribal brotherhood of nomads where, amid the penury of the wilderness, all must be for each and each for all, where land and water were never private but always communal, where none was very rich or very poor, where every one was known to all and the exigencies of desert life forced a rough but sturdy justice.

In our context today where millions of people are in hunger and live in sub-human conditions on account of the unjust socioeconomic and political strictures of our country (India), Polycarp's faith in Jesus Christ challenges us to identify ourselves with the struggles of the poor and the oppressed for justice and liberation.

«We plan on informing the public of how poor a record Sen. DeFrancisco has on bringing justice for victims of child sex abuse,» Greenberg said.

The decision, delivered by Justice Stephen Breyer, said that HB2 would place an «undue burden» on women's constitutional right to seek an abortion, particularly for those who are poor, disadvantaged, or living in rural areas.

A portrait of Cesar Chavez's devotion and personal sacrifice in fighting for economic justice on behalf of America's poorest workers.

What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns of poor and minority children regardless of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice reform and other the social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the movement from the parents and communities that care for them.

«It will be very difficult for Democrats to make the case that they are on the side of civil rights and social justice if they are defending unconstitutional laws that objectively harm poor kids and children of color,» said Austin, who serves on the board of Students Matter, the organization that brought the lawsuit.

Meanwhile Trump's ascent into the White House bodes ill for one of the Obama Administration's most - admirable efforts: Holding districts accountable for overusing out - of - school suspensions and other harsh school discipline that put poor and minority children onto the school - to - prison pipeline, an important issue both on the education and criminal justice reform fronts.

Running in parallel with King's own quest for justice is the case of a Black radical journalist accused of killing two on - duty police officers who had been abusing their badges to traffic in drugs and women within the city's poorest neighborhoods.

From there, the idea of government responsibility in providing economic security and welfare grew, from unimaginable realities, such as the English Poor Laws of 1601 that called for the dependent poor population to wear a shameful P on their clothing, to shadows of our present Social Security system, like Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice that called for a system that included annual benefits of 10 pounds sterling paid to every person age 50 and older, to protect against poverty in old - Poor Laws of 1601 that called for the dependent poor population to wear a shameful P on their clothing, to shadows of our present Social Security system, like Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice that called for a system that included annual benefits of 10 pounds sterling paid to every person age 50 and older, to protect against poverty in old - poor population to wear a shameful P on their clothing, to shadows of our present Social Security system, like Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice that called for a system that included annual benefits of 10 pounds sterling paid to every person age 50 and older, to protect against poverty in old - age.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for a focus on «climate justice» rather than climate change, saying the poor suffered most from global warming.

DLH has never been brought to justice or compensated communities for the untold damage it's caused in one of the poorest countries on earth.

The theories proposing respectable criteria for distributive justice include distributions on the basis of equality, need, or a Rawlsian basis where allocations must benefit poor people first, just to name a few.

«The Church has a moral responsibility to speak and act on both environmental stewardship and justice for the world's poor, who are most vulnerable to climate change» says Professor Richard Burridge, of the Church's Ethical Investment Advisory Group.

Justice for the poor can be delivered by funding climate adaptation and mitigation activities in developing nations with at least US$ 160 billion per year, by a commitment to reduce overconsumption, wherever it exists, to equitable, sustainable levels and by eliminating developed countries» subsidies on fossil fuels and shifting them to renewable energy.

In a joint statement from the Catholic Bishops» Conference of the Philippines - National Secretariat for Social Action (CBCP - NASSA), and the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), 2012 Goldman Prize winner Father Edwin Gariguez called on the Pope to support the poor and vulnerable communities most affected by climate crises.

Access to legal aid is reserved only for the very poorest, while the private bar is reserved only for the very richest, leaving the vast majority out in the cold facing not only exclusion from the justice system based on finances, but also based on knowledge given the complexity of the legal system and the inherent difficulties of self - representation.

Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»

This continuously resulted in poor outcomes with incredibly high stakes for families, and ultimately took a major toll on public trust of the justice system.

In addition to being litigators, mediators and advisors to individuals, organizations and business, Pink Larkin launched a full - time pro bono practice focused on systemic litigation that presents law reform possibilities for the poor — a first - in - Canada approach to actively providing access to justice.

We are calling on our members, and their firms / chambers / friends, to voice their opposition to the government's proposals to destroy access to justice for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society, fundamentally undermining the principle of the rule of law.

He notes, for example, that «much of our litigation is done on a contingency fee basis, and this is very attractive for the public and gives even the poorest person great access to justice particularly from the tort bar.»

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In the mid 1980's The Florida Bar, the Governor of Florida and the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court appointed a Commission, The Florida Bar's Special Commission on Access to the Legal System, to assess and make recommendations on the problem of lack of adequate access to the legal system by the poor and middle class The Commission found that cuts in federal support for legal assistance to the poor had greatly exacerbated the access problem and one of the commission's recommendations was to amend the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar making pro bono legal assistance to the poor mandatory.

More than 20 years ago, when I took my oath of office to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, I solemnly swore to «administer justice without respect to persons,» to «do equal right to the poor and to the rich,» and to «faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me... under the Constitution and laws of the United States.»

The Illinois Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission similarly is charged with «promoting, facilitating and enhancing equal access to justice with an emphasis on access to the Illinois civil courts and administrative agencies for all people, particularly the poor and vulnerable&Justice Commission similarly is charged with «promoting, facilitating and enhancing equal access to justice with an emphasis on access to the Illinois civil courts and administrative agencies for all people, particularly the poor and vulnerable&justice with an emphasis on access to the Illinois civil courts and administrative agencies for all people, particularly the poor and vulnerable».

The United Nations» Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, in its» 2008 report Making the Law Work For Everyone identified access to justice as one of four pillars to legal empowerment of the poor (the others being, property rights, business rights and labour righPoor, in its» 2008 report Making the Law Work For Everyone identified access to justice as one of four pillars to legal empowerment of the poor (the others being, property rights, business rights and labour righpoor (the others being, property rights, business rights and labour rights.)

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Ultimately, this is not a truly fixable problem without a government - sponsored entitlement program — meaning, there is no market solution for fixing access to justice for the poor because the poor have no money and markets run on consumer spending.

He serves on various committees that advocate for legal services and access to justice for the poor.

Early on in his career he affiliated himself with Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., a dedicated group of private Boston criminal defense attorneys committed to the poor and cut his teeth aggressively representing indigent defendants before the district courts of Suffolk County.

Support for civil justice What is so important about the government's approach however is that through the marriage of the fee system and the self financing regime it is the poor who support the institution of civil justice on which everyone relies.

It was only barely noticeable, for example, when Justice Ginsburg, focusing on the plight of poor voters without photo IDs or the means to get them, said that states should make it easier for them to vote — «if they want those people to vote.»

We can decide on the right path to justice and compensation for injuries caused by negligence, poor construction or design, and other preventable conditions.