Poverty

The pope’s visit “was a unique moment. For once, the whole country halted, revealing a deep sense of joy and a longing for peace and justice.”

“Today, Africa is called to contribute significantly to the holiness and missionary character of the Christian people,” the pope said.

In Monaco, “numerous ecclesial or civil associations that take care of children in difficulty, fragile families, the elderly, and the sick.”

Some small farmers in the country’s impoverished Black Belt are poised to see significant returns thanks to a fledgling Catholic farming aid and grant program.

“Our conversations have focused on how to better guide the People of God with wisdom and courage in a time marked by profound changes and challenges.”

Deep slashes to USAID funding have now made the annual Rice Bowl collection more essential than ever for Catholic Relief Services.

“Human flourishing requires meeting basic needs such as food, water, shelter, together with quality healthcare and education and also freedom.”

“Principles of human dignity and compassion are discarded in favor of a calculus that values the acquisition of wealth, military power” and stoking divisions.

Trump will seek to ban corporations from buying single-family homes amid a housing shortage the U.S. bishops say is affecting “a basic human right.”

Where violence, poverty and division seem to suffocate hope, the birth of the Son of God continues to shine forth as the most radical sign of God’s closeness.