Michele Sagarino is president of Cross Catholic Outreach, an official Catholic nonprofit 501(c)(3) relief and development ministry endorsed by the Vatican that, since its founding in 2001, has provided more than $4 billion in aid to help “the poorest of the poor” in more than 90 developing countries around the world.
Pope Francis has called for March 22, World Water Day, as a time to recognize the importance of universal clean drinking water and sanitation as basic human rights, especially in the developing countries of the world.
In his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, he