by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
There will be a National day of fasting against hunger in Great Britain on Friday 4 April. Perhaps this is something other countries could emulate. Half a million people are going without adequate food in Britain. The End Hunger Fast initiative, which is being backed...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
This Lent, remember those who go without food – and help us tackle hunger This is the appeal from the Church Poverty website in the United Kingdom. The following contains much food for thought (pun intended) for people outside the United Kingdom and seems to enter...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Pope Francis issued a video message to support the global campaign against world hunger, launched by Caritas Internationalis. The Pope asked Catholics not to “look the other way” from the “global scandal” of hunger, but rather “share in Christian...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 4, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Children in schools throughout Tipperary are going hungry every day because of a food poverty crisis according to a leading St.Vincent de Paul officer. Kieran Stafford, national vice president of St.Vincent de Paul, said food poverty was one of the biggest issues they...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 4, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Hunger Hits Home, a compelling documentary broadcast on the Food Network and narrated by actor Jeff Bridges, puts a human face on hunger in the United States. The program features policymakers, food providers, politicians and, most important, people in need. The...
