The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee welcomed the extension of the federal eviction moratorium and an increase in nutrition assistance to families struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, who chairs the Committee on Domestic
Pope Francis met with David M. Beasley, the executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
Headquartered in Rome, the WFP is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
In a time of uncertainty, one thing U.S. women religious and others who have been providing food during the COVID-19 pandemic know for sure is that the number of those who need food assistance has risen dramatically and continues to rise.
Officials from
Repeating a call first made by St. Paul VI, Pope Francis urged a global move to divert money from national military spending and use it to "definitely defeat hunger."
Addressing representatives of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Oct. 16, World Food Day,
After the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization projected a drastic increase in hunger and malnutrition due to the coronavirus, a Vatican official called on the international community to work together to combat poverty.
In an interview with Vatican News July 13, Msgr. Fernando
If the world is to succeed in eradicating the scourge of hunger, it must first fight against the indifference, apathy and broken promises that allow the crisis to continue, Pope Francis said.
ROME (CNS) — Sustainable development in rural areas is key to making poverty and hunger a thing of the past, Pope Francis said. In an address to members of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s governing council Feb. 14, the pope
There are over 106 million people in the Philippines. More than 81 percent of those people are Catholic. And as many as 1 in 3 children under 5 years old are malnourished. A charity with humble origins in the Archdiocese of St.