Jesuit poverty should be as dramatically visible and shocking as the incarnation of Jesus.
Poverty
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: ‘Dignity’ is a photo exploration of our nation’s deep divides
‘Dignity’ is part a long tradition of writers who left their lives of comfort to study squalor and decline,
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis in Romania: a country is measured by how it treats the poor
The path to building an inclusive society is one where every person is seen as a brother or sister and “where the weak, the poor and the least are no longer seen as undesirables that keep the ‘machine’ from functioning,” the pope said on May 31, the first day of his visit to Romania.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis’ almsgiver restores power (illegally) to homeless shelter in Italy
By reconnecting the building to the power supply and breaking the seals that prevented the building from having power, the papal almoner broke the law. But he was unrepentant.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
After 10 days of protest, Haiti steps back from the brink
“The hour is serious, poverty is increasing; the common good is threatened,” Haiti’s bishops wrote. “The country is on the brink of collapse!”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Are health and safety laws violating the equal rights of the homeless?
We may not treat those who live on a park bench and Park Avenue as equals, but the Constitution reminds us that we should.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Despite ‘zero poverty’ promise in Argentina, poverty is on the rise
Soup lines are longer, more people depend on charities to get by, and more live on the streets or have joined the burgeoning populations of Argentina’s impoverished villas.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I escaped homelessness but was trapped in fear—until God set me free.
I was standing in the dumpster looking for food when I was overwhelmed by the thought that I am feeding my family garbage.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
What will happen to Dorothy Day’s former church?
Whether the site will be developed into luxury apartments or low-income housing remains the subject of contentious debate.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Helping the poor is not a papal fad, but a duty, pope says
“We Christians cannot stand with arms folded in indifference” or thrown up in the air in helpless resignation, the pope said in his homily Nov. 18, the World Day of the Poor.