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Michael Sainsbury - Catholic News Service
Indians in several states said the situation has been exacerbated by poor preparation by state governments and conflicting messages from central and state governments.
A boy holds a family chicken outside his home in Steele, Ala., in this 2013 file photo. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“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.”
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Mary Gibbons
Elizabeth Strout examines the human condition in a quiet setting where introspection cannot be escaped.
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Doreen Abi Raad - Catholic News Service
"We want to help people feel the joy of Christmas," Sabine Bou Serhal, 22, a chief for the group, told Catholic News Service.
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Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
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.
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Peter Finney Jr. - Catholic News Service
The basis of the index's measurement is the United Nations' Human Development Report