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Homeless outreach personnel assist passengers found sleeping on subway cars in New York City on April 30. New York has the highest income inequality among the 50 states, comparable to the inequality in the nation of Angola. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Robert David Sullivan
Death rates from the coronavirus have been highest in low-income areas, writes Robert David Sullivan. And according to one measure of economic inequality, the U.S. more closely resembles Latin America and Africa than Europe.
Politics & SocietyNews
Barbara Fraser - Catholic News Service
Catholic bishops from South America are warning that the pandemic will engender "a humanitarian and environmental tragedy" is something is not done to alleviate conditions particularly in the Amazon basin.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis asked the group to ‘prepare the future’ not ‘prepare for the future.’
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
More than 100 organizations--including Catholic religious congregations-- which advocate for debt relief have publicized a letter to the International Monetary Fund calling on international policymakers to cancel debt payments for poor and developing nations so that they use focus their resources on dealing with the pandemic.
FaithFaith and Reason
David Hollenbach
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.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
Nearly 50% of Lebanese are living below the poverty line, and unemployment has reached 35% of the working population, according to the government.