Perhaps the strongest message to emerge from Villanova University's April 18 Second Annual Anti-Poverty Symposium -- "Unitas in Action: Fighting Poverty and Living Sustainably" -- is that the intersection between poverty and environmental destruction is no coincidence. In the global chain of
It's almost 7 p.m. in Rome. Silvano just arrived at Palazzo Migliori. He rushes to get dinner but since there are still 20 minutes, he pulls out his phone and shows a picture that's important to him.
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Since 1975, CRS Rice Bowl -- a brightly colored, cardboard almsgiving box that is a familiar annual Lenten sight in parishes nationwide -- has invited Catholics to pray, fast and give in solidarity with the world's poor.
But Catholic Relief Services -- the
Declining access to food, greater discrimination against women and widening restrictions on religious freedom have contributed to a higher rate of poverty worldwide, said a new report issued by a Fordham University program.
Overall, 26.2% of the world's population lives in poverty, according
The week of Nov. 5-13 has been deemed the Box of Joy Week by Cross Catholic Outreach for groups around the U.S. that have been putting together small Christmas boxes for the world’s poorest children.
During that week, participants in the Box of
The work supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops' domestic anti-poverty campaign, "is empowering communities to build resilience and stand in solidarity with their most marginalized members," said Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell of Los Angeles.
"Whether it is
A reader asks,: “As Catholics, we are all aware of a priest’s vow of poverty. However, are there limits to how the Church defines it and also its limits? For example, many priests live communally, but are they actually paid a salary?
The best way to ensure that economic growth benefits everyone is to create jobs, especially for those who struggle most, Pope Francis said.
"Poverty is not fought with welfarism, no, in this way we 'anesthetize' it, but we do not fight it," the
Aleppo, besieged and destroyed in Syria's war, is calm now, but 11 years of war and the accompanying economic sanctions have left the city impoverished.
"We don't have any direct violence, armed groups or bombardments on or around the city since the end
Catholic bishops in the Philippines have vowed to accelerate evangelization by being with the poor and reaching out to all sections of society, but lay Catholics remain skeptical in the absence of a concrete plan of action.
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