As we face the challenge of Covid-19, our obligations to the citizens of our own country must not negate our duties to global humanity. Active support for the poor and the displaced will be essential in longer-term efforts for a more just, more inclusive and healthier post-crisis world.
Poverty
Posted inFaith, News
Maronites plan help as Lebanese families slide into poverty
Nearly 50% of Lebanese are living below the poverty line, and unemployment has reached 35% of the working population, according to the government.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
In India, migrants and the poor suffer under lockdown
Indians in several states said the situation has been exacerbated by poor preparation by state governments and conflicting messages from central and state governments.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: A vibrant economy must put an end to poverty
“The world is rich but, notwithstanding this, the [number of] poor people around us is increasing,” Pope Francis said. “Hundreds of millions of people are living in extreme poverty, lacking the bare necessities of life including food, medical care, schools, drinking water.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Elizabeth Strout brings us back into the life of Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout examines the human condition in a quiet setting where introspection cannot be escaped.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
Lebanese Guides, Scouts hope to raise Christmas hope amid despair
“We want to help people feel the joy of Christmas,” Sabine Bou Serhal, 22, a chief for the group, told Catholic News Service.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Advocates for poor expect new SNAP rule will boost hunger nationwide
Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and is expected to force hundreds of thousands to lose food stamps.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Five Gulf South states rank at bottom of ‘social justice’ index
The basis of the index’s measurement is the United Nations’ Human Development Report
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis calls on Christians to remember the poor, ‘the treasure of the church’
“Wearing the label ‘Christian’ or ‘Catholic’ is not enough to belong to Jesus. We need to speak the same language as Jesus: that of love,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated the third World Day of the Poor.
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On World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis provides free medical aid for the disadvantaged
“The marginalization painfully experienced by millions of persons cannot go on for long,” wrote Francis.