Hunger/Food Insecurity

Federal food assistance programs used by millions could be at risk as the federal government shutdown continues, proponents of those programs said.

Photographs and videos of Gazans, particularly children, malnourished and on the point of death filled the news in late July and early August.

Pope Francis congratulated Catholic Relief Services on the 50th anniversary of CRS Rice Bowl and its global hunger and poverty alleviation efforts.

(OSV News) — While the season of Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, cooking for a hungry family in this season of prayer and penance “doesn’t mean boring or …

(OSV News) — Mary’s Meals, a global charity organization committed to ending child hunger, has expanded its school feeding program to the southern African country of Mozambique — a place …

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — As tensions and the number of victims mount in southern Gaza Strip, Catholic Relief Services said it has not been able to get humanitarian aid through …

(OSV News) — An Armenian Catholic bishop is calling for prayer and action as some 120,000 ethnic Armenians face what he and other experts call “genocide by starvation.” “It is …

August 18 happens to be the feast of St. Helena: empress, convert and finder of the relics of Christ’s cross. I won’t recount in detail the story of her life …

By Olivia Poust (OSV News) — Deep in the Caucasus — at the crossroads of Asia and Europe — lies the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated enclave surrounded by …

(OSV News) — As Russia attacks Ukraine’s grain exports — which feed millions in several nations — a U.S. bishop is calling on global leaders to ensure food security. “Russia’s …