Seminarians to End War, Sow Peace

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- Sweatshop-made crucifixes…. unsurprising, but sad

Emily writes, “see the article below…I’m speechless…”

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007Crucifixes Made Under Horrific Sweatshop Conditions In China, Linked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Trinity Church in New York, And Nationally to the $4.63 Billion Association for Christian Retail

At a press conference today in front of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee, released a 73 page report documenting the brutal sweatshop conditions under which crucifixes are made for Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity Church and the Association for Christian Retail at the Junxingye factory in Southern China.

To read the whole report, click here.

November 21, 2007 - Posted by brethrenpriestess | peace, seminarians | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

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