ANIMAL PEOPLE FORUM | Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals | Activity https://animalpeopleforum.org/members/cafa/activity/ Activity feed for Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:04:30 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 2cbe064b178658729f7fa4dc38bdb14d Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Why Ending Animal Agriculture Could Save the Planet https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=32860 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 01:26:48 -0700 The world is burning and so are countless innocent lives… literally. The environmental catastrophes predicted due to climate change are happening now. For instance, the wildfires in Greece and France and the f […]

]]> 0 9af55ef6812b1465e1b66a4dc17f7a0e Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Why is Animal Agriculture Seldom Mentioned by Catholics? https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=32486 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:32:57 -0800 The following is a personal view by Virginia Bell, member of Catholic Action for Animals, a group of practicing Catholics dedicated to promoting respect for animals within the Catholic Church.

The planet is in […]

]]> 0 8bb3276e3019012bf3a87307700fc112 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Christianity Does the Strangest Things https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=29965 Wed, 13 May 2020 15:46:18 -0700 Epidemics like COVID-19 have come about because of the practice of farming and eating animals. This threat has been known for many years. So why haven’t we all stopped eating meat and dairy?
One might also say t […]

]]> 0 9b4e1e55df5f4408ffffce278802e4eb Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals posted a new activity comment https://animalpeopleforum.org/2020/03/13/was-jesus-a-vegan/#comment-955 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:41:00 -0700 It is most probable that John the Baptist did not eat locusts. Most likely he ate the fruit of the locust tree.

In reply to - Keith Akers wrote a new post, Was Jesus a Vegan? The historical Jesus, as I’ve argued elsewhere, was clearly vegetarian. To recap:  (1) The controversy in the early church over vegetarianism shows that the […] ]]> ad1609a6f421ee417b6eaca47e2b9ed4 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals posted a new activity comment https://animalpeopleforum.org/2020/02/20/over-2700-pigeons-lost-during-south-africas-racing-season/#comment-953 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:46:26 -0700 Do you have an email address we can write to, to express opposition to these pigeon racing events?

In reply to - National Council of SPCAs wrote a new post, Over 2700 Pigeons Lost During South Africa's Racing Season South Africa’s National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) is again concerned by the low number of pigeons that have […] ]]> fc229f24076b9f1e2849b87c2d4f1864 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Love Thy Neighbor, Whatever the Species https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=26594 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:39:17 -0700 The following is a personal view by Virginia Bell, member of Catholic Action for Animals, a group of practising Catholics dedicated to promoting respect for animals within the Catholic Church.

“The last will b […]

]]> 0 5a135a2ae17b3e9841fc9a2753ef708a Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals posted a new activity comment https://animalpeopleforum.org/2019/08/15/developing-partnerships-end-dog-cat-homelessness/#comment-897 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:45:29 -0700 Animal advocates, rescue centres, all concerned people should campaign to end the trade in animals for pets. People should be encouraged to go to the rescue centres and never to buy from shops, traders or breeders. Otherwise we are continually mopping up instead of turning off the tap. There is too much suffering in the pet trade, and animals…[Read more]

In reply to - WellBeing International wrote a new post, Developing Partnerships to End Dog and Cat “Homelessness” Written by Andrew Rowan, DPhil, Chief Program Officer The pet care (food, treats and veterinary care) mark […] ]]> 28b9b07a064da5f19f80b4044dc6f244 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals's profile was updated https://animalpeopleforum.org/activity/p/13400/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:45:05 -0700 0 7a345247f86755041f242b72b12af0d9 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Ask the Catholic Church to condemn the bullfight! http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=14759 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 03:13:43 -0700 I campaigned during 2016 for the Pope to condemn the bullfight. I asked caring people around the world to write to the Apostolic Nuncio (Pope’s representative) in their country, or to the Vatican, urging the P […]

]]> 0 3b3ea12d2c6049fc11d70abf2078ed20 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Email the Pope to condemn the bullfight (update) http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=6852 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:09:48 -0700 (Image credit: Phil Chambers, used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Many people have emailed the Vatican Press Office as part of a campaign asking the Pope to condemn the bullfight. But these letters do not seem to be […]

]]> 0 1da4f09586927e35ca94bcdb3f1fec95 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Email the Pope concerning bullfighting http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=4912 Sat, 11 Jun 2016 05:37:53 -0700 (Featured image credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals)

May I appeal to you to join me in urging the Catholic Church to oppose the bullfight?

This campaign began with requests for tweets and Facebook posts. […]

]]> 0 5e6e0bacd20bc5ab4d4e82b9246e9b97 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Laudato Si Week http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=4077 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:43:20 -0700 (Featured image: altar carving of St. Francis and animals in a New York Catholic church. Photo credit Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P., used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Laudato Si week will soon be here (June 12-19). One way […]

]]> 0 31628aa5c0066ac9b330797d06b12869 Virginia Bell, Catholic Action For Animals wrote a new post, Pope Francis, condemn the bullfight http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=3708 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 05:50:49 -0700 (Featured image: Bull knocks over horse in Spanish bullfight. Credit Nathan Rupert, used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 / cropped)

As a practicing Catholic, I am saddened to say that the moral aspect of our treatment […]

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