by sjs | Jun 2, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
50 economists examine ten of the world’s biggest challenges and place as Number 1 because of its “immediate and important consequences for improving the wellbeing of poor people around the world,” to combat malnutrition in the 140 million children in...
by John Freund, CM | May 26, 2008 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“The feast of Corpus Christi is an invitation to Christians to work for the elimination of world hunger” writes Benedict XVI. He adds “Dear brothers and sisters, may the feast of Corpus Domini be an occasion to grow in this concrete attention to our...
by annaread | May 23, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Yesterday the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Longview, Washington USA broke ground on a new foot facility, which will add about 1800 square fee to its food bank. The food bank served some 4000 people last year. But contributions to an important annual food drive...
by John Freund, CM | May 19, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
NEW YORK, MAY 19, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The global food crisis should not be measured just in terms of market costs, but also in terms of the mental and spiritual costs faced by those who cannot provide for themselves and their family, affirmed the Holy See....
by annaread | May 18, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
It’s an old garage with a restaurant permit. On May 18, 1983 the Saint Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen opened in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA. Since then, every day it has served a midday meal: 40 on that first day; up to 400 on a day, since, for a monthly...
