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CHIROGRAPH OF THE HOLY FATHER
TO INSTITUTE THE PAN-AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF JUDGES FOR SOCIAL RIGHTS AND FRANCISCAN DOCTRINE AS A PRIVATE ASSOCIATION OF THE FAITHFUL WITH INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER,
AND TO CREATE THE “FRAY BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS LEGAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE” UNDER ITS AUSPICES.
Read it in Vatican's letter:
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/letters/2023/documents/20230815-chirografo-copaju.html
The Church has long shown the flaws in ersatz 'progressive' ideologies. Catholic progress is divinely ordered progress.
May 1, 2018 (The Catholic Thing) – In our culture, there are many abused terms, but perhaps the most abused is “progress.” The word comes originally from the Latin for “going forward.” The Renaissance gave the word a distinctly subjective meaning – new ideas about person and government that preceded their application in concrete terms, for example. The Industrial Revolution added the expectation that technology was going to solve the world's problems. It did not, of course; it just created a world of machines, without the necessary human moral development.
Historically, the greatest misuse of the word started when progress began to be understood simply in terms of ideas. When this or that elite constructs an idea of progress, their visions may or may not have anything to do with reality. Karl Marx, for example, may have been moved by the harsh conditions of workers, but all he proposed were alternative ideas about ownership and government. And not very good ones, as it turned out, as we can see quite well in the 200th anniversary of his birth this year.
There was no guarantee (except in his mind) that Marx's ideas would lead to the “progress” that he envisaged. Forcing the complex dynamics of the world to fit his ideas caused the deaths of tens of millions. That is a verifiable fact – and does not constitute progress. Yet surveys show that many philosophy departments in America still teach Marxism as a serious subject.
The Church has long shown the flaws in ersatz “progressive” ideologies – Pope Leo XIII already knew where socialism would go in 1891 – which is why those who embrace such ideologies hate the Church.
But let's consider progress and the Church more closely. Joseph Ratzinger reminded us, decades ago, that our faith in the Divine Trinity comes out of the concrete historical experiences of Jews and Christian.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/want-to-be-a-true-progressive-be-catholic/
More Recent Catholic Opinion at
https://editionap.ca/2023/07/26/armes-cannabis-tabac-et-alcool-saisis-a-saint-andre-dargenteuil/
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Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including search and rescue dogs (such as K9 units); urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water.
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a UN organization that promotes the exchange of information between national urban search and rescue organizations. The duty to render assistance is covered by Article 98 of the UNCLOS.
Definitions
Search and rescue have many definitions, depending on the agency involved and the country in question.
Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Coast Guard: "Search and Rescue comprises the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger."
United States Coast Guard: "The use of available resources to assist persons or property in potential or actual distress."
United States Department of Defense: A search is "an operation normally coordinated by a Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) or rescue sub-center, using available personnel and facilities to locate persons in distress," and rescue is "an operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs, and deliver them to a place of safety."
Some municipalities and provinces have their own SAR units:
There are also volunteer non-profit associations that conduct SAR in Canada:
