Pope Francis Christmas message brings focus to the value of peace. There are places in the world today that do not value peace, yet alone value children. Children thrive in good measure because of peace. A child returns to it's society of which it most appreciated, namely all the essentials of growing up and strong moral character.
Peace is never sincerely valued in political spectrum as a commodity that carries with it the benevolence of childhood. War is frequently viewed as a characteristic of a strong society when in fact it is just the opposite. The best examples of peace where sovereign domestic tranquility provides for children are the Netherlands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. (click here)
The less money a society spends on war, the more it has to spend on peaceful agendas that promote childhood happiness. Included in happiness is good nutrition and education whereby the future is a promise of a quality of life and not simply a place to live out adulthood.
December 25, 2014
By Elisabetta Povoledo
Pope Francis (click here) used a traditional Christmas address on Thursday to emphasize the plight of children in areas of conflict, pointing out their “impotent silence” that “cries out under the spade of many Herods,” a reference to the ancient king who slaughtered all the young boys of Bethlehem, according to the New Testament.
Vast numbers of children today are victims of violence, objects of trade and trafficking, or forced to become soldiers, and they need to be saved, he said.
The pope spoke of “children displaced due to war and persecution, abused and taken advantage of before our very eyes and our complicit silence.” He singled out “infants massacred in bomb attacks,” including in the Middle East and in Pakistan, where 132 children were killed in a Taliban attack on a school this month....
Peace is never sincerely valued in political spectrum as a commodity that carries with it the benevolence of childhood. War is frequently viewed as a characteristic of a strong society when in fact it is just the opposite. The best examples of peace where sovereign domestic tranquility provides for children are the Netherlands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. (click here)
The less money a society spends on war, the more it has to spend on peaceful agendas that promote childhood happiness. Included in happiness is good nutrition and education whereby the future is a promise of a quality of life and not simply a place to live out adulthood.
December 25, 2014
By Elisabetta Povoledo
Pope Francis (click here) used a traditional Christmas address on Thursday to emphasize the plight of children in areas of conflict, pointing out their “impotent silence” that “cries out under the spade of many Herods,” a reference to the ancient king who slaughtered all the young boys of Bethlehem, according to the New Testament.
Vast numbers of children today are victims of violence, objects of trade and trafficking, or forced to become soldiers, and they need to be saved, he said.
The pope spoke of “children displaced due to war and persecution, abused and taken advantage of before our very eyes and our complicit silence.” He singled out “infants massacred in bomb attacks,” including in the Middle East and in Pakistan, where 132 children were killed in a Taliban attack on a school this month....
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Date of publication 2014
From the Washington Post:
October 29, 2014
Nearly one third of U.S. children live in households with an income below 60 percent of the national median income in 2008 - about $31,000 annually.
In the richest nation in the world, one in three kids live in poverty. Let that sink in....
Until tomorrow.
From the Washington Post:
October 29, 2014
Nearly one third of U.S. children live in households with an income below 60 percent of the national median income in 2008 - about $31,000 annually.
In the richest nation in the world, one in three kids live in poverty. Let that sink in....
Until tomorrow.
