by Beth | Jan 21, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, JAN. 19, 2006 (Zenit.org).- According to a poll for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development nearly two-thirds of Americans fear that poverty will increase in the United States in 2006, while seven in 10 believe there are more poor people...
by Beth | Jan 17, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Someone in England asked Yahoo “How many people live in extreme poverty.According to NetAid, over a billion people, or roughly one in six, live in extreme poverty. Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than US$1 a day. The World Bank goes on to define...
by Beth | Jan 14, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“On the basis of available statistical data, it can be said that less than half of the immense sums spent worldwide on armaments would be more than sufficient to liberate the immense masses of the poor from destitution. This challenges humanity’s...
by Beth | Jan 13, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
860 million children live in dire straits, victims of a variety of tragedies and abuses, says a report from a Vatican agency. ROME, JAN. 10, 2006 (Zenit.org).- A staggering 860 Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, highlights...
by Beth | Jan 7, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Last month, as corporate boardrooms toasted Australia’s “boom” economy, the Catholic charity organisation, the St Vincent de Paul Society, released a report documenting the growing gap between the country’s rich and poor. The social policy issues paper, Winners and...
