Article: Francis "Frank" Polanik, 85.(DEATHS)

Article: The catholic church, human rights advocacy, and ...
The Catholic Historical Review;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Despite the famed seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Jesuit missions, by the mid-twentieth century few indigenous people in Paraguay identified themselves as Catholic. Indigenous ethnicities in Eastern Paraguay largely practiced tribal beliefs and those west of the Paraguay River had joined

Article: Dictator's brother to head church human rights ...
NACLA Report on the Americas;  July 1, 1998 ;     398 words ...Bishop Mario Rios Montt was recently appointed to replace Bishop Juan Gerardi as the new director of the Archbishop's Human Rights Office in Guatemala City. Gerardi was brutally murdered on April 26 outside his home. Bishop Rios Montt is the brother of General Efrain Rios Montt, who seized power in

Article: IRD to Release Report Documenting Imbalance in Mainline ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ...News Advisory: At a September 27 press conference, the Institute on Religion and Democracy will release an extensive report critical of human rights advocacy by mainline U.S. Protestant churches and related ecumenical bodies. The report examines resolutions passed by the highest governing bodies of

Article: Guatemalan bishop fights for poor despite threat of ...
Catholic New Times;  July 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ...OTTAWA (CCN and CNT) -- Guatemalan bishop Alvaro Ramazzini doesn't look like a man whose life is in danger. He exudes peace, joy and good humour, despite the uncovering last January of an assassination plot against him. An intelligence officer revealed that an anonymous woman had offered to pay him

Article: New Vatican Document on Gays in Priesthood Another Sad Moment for ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 22, 2005 ;     462 words ...WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by the president of Catholics for a Free Choice, Frances Kissling, regarding the new Vatican document on gays in priesthood: "The informal release today of a long-anticipated document on homosexuality and the priesthood marks a sad

Article: Nanny wages set by a nanny state: opposition is building to ...
Alberta Report;  January 13, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... is inadequate, responds Saskatoon mother Marg Polanik. A teacher, Mrs. Polanik has employed babysitters for her three children ... sitter she could not afford the added costs. Mrs. Polanik was paying her $30 per 10-hour day. The cost ...

Article: Patient Safety Alert.(Clinical report)
Patient Safety Alert;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... reconciliation in May 2003, recalls David Polanik, MHA, director of risk management ... communicate the tracking process," says Polanik. Laboratory staff and medical staff worked ... would be based on a very narrow focus," Polanik explains. "We started working on how ...