poverty

Malta Church Justice and Peace Commission laments - 'When the environment is exploited, the first ones to suffer are the poor'

Malta Church Justice and Peace Commission laments - 'When the environment is exploited, the first ones to suffer are the poor'

Malta Church Justice and Peace Commission laments: “When the environment is exploited, the first ones to suffer are the poor”

Caritas laments 23 million children in poverty in EU, warns number 'will increase considerably' due to COVID-19

Caritas laments 23 million children in poverty in EU, warns number 'will increase considerably' due to COVID-19

Caritas laments 23 million children in poverty in EU, warns number “will increase considerably” due to COVID-19

Caritas warns number of starving in world could double as a result of COVID-19, reach 230 million

Caritas warns number of starving in world could double as a result of COVID-19, reach 230 million

Caritas warns number of starving in world could double as a result of COVID-19, reach 230 million

Italian cardinal - 'This economy that creates or accepts so much poverty must change'

Italian cardinal - 'This economy that creates or accepts so much poverty must change'

Italian cardinal: “This economy that creates or accepts so much poverty must change”

Caritas Europa calls for guaranteed minimum income 'to ensure dignity for all'

Caritas Europa calls for guaranteed minimum income “to ensure dignity for all”

Orthodox Church condemns Christian nationalism

Orthodox Church condemns Christian nationalism

Orthodox Church condemns Christian nationalism: “There could be no greater contradiction of the Gospel”

Francis, on COVID-19 - 'This is the opportunity for conversion'

Francis, on COVID-19: “This is the opportunity for conversion, the time to move from misusing nature, the moment to see the poor”

Pope, in Santa Marta Mass - 'If I ignore the poor, the Lord will ignore me on the Day of Judgment'

Pope, in Santa Marta Mass - 'If I ignore the poor, the Lord will ignore me on the Day of Judgment'

Powerful: Pope, in Santa Marta Mass: “If I ignore the poor, the Lord will ignore me on the Day of Judgment” – full text

In Santa Marta Mass, Pope sounds alarm on future after COVID-19

In Santa Marta Mass, Pope sounds alarm on future after COVID-19

In Santa Marta Mass, Pope sounds alarm on future after COVID-19: “Poverty, unemployment, hunger…”

#JustRecovery - Catholic groups join call for 'healthier and more equitable' future after COVID-19

#JustRecovery - Catholic groups join call for 'healthier and more equitable' future after COVID-19

#JustRecovery: Catholic groups join call for “healthier and more equitable future” after COVID-19

Vatican cardinal, on COVID-19 - 'We should wash our hands, but not of our responsibility for the vulnerable'

Vatican cardinal, on COVID-19 - 'We should wash our hands, but not of our responsibility for the vulnerable'

Vatican cardinal, on COVID-19: “We should wash our hands, but not of our responsibility for the vulnerable”

Maltese Catholic groups sound COVID-19 alarm for poor

Maltese Catholic groups sound COVID-19 alarm for poor

Maltese Catholic groups sound COVID-19 alarm for poor: “Although the illness doesn’t discriminate, the economic fall‑out will”

Papal almoner urges solidarity with less fortunate in virus pandemic

Papal almoner urges solidarity with less fortunate in virus pandemic

Papal almoner urges solidarity with less fortunate in virus pandemic: “Don’t ignore the poor Lazarus who knocks at your door”

Bishops call on EU to ensure disadvantaged, migrant, disabled youths' involvement in education, exchange programs

Bishops call on EU to ensure disadvantaged, migrant, disabled youths' involvement in education, exchange programs

Updated: EU Bishops call on Brussels for more inclusive youth programs, cancel 40th anniversary celebrations over coronavirus

'Pope's Robin Hood' Cardinal Krajewski defies decree closing Rome churches over coronavirus

'Pope's Robin Hood' Cardinal Krajewski defies decree closing Rome churches over coronavirus

Updated: “Home should always be open to its children”: ‘Pope’s Robin Hood’ defies coronavirus fears, opens church for prayer

Francis deplores 'abyss of indifference' towards poor, gives 100,000 euros for attention to vulnerable in virus crisis

Francis deplores 'abyss of indifference' towards poor, gives 100,000 euros for attention to vulnerable in virus crisis

Francis deplores “abyss of indifference” towards poor, gives 100,000 euros for attention to vulnerable in virus crisis

Caritas Portugal denounces 'scourge' of country's housing 'emergency'

Caritas Portugal denounces 'scourge' of country's housing 'emergency'

Caritas Portugal deplores “scourge” of country’s housing “emergency”, spread of social exclusion

Caritas Portugal denounces lack of 'firm political will' to solve 'very serious' housing crisis

Caritas Portugal denounces lack of 'firm political will' to solve 'very serious' housing crisis

Caritas Portugal denounces lack of political will to solve “very serious” housing crisis

Man-made climate change

Man-made climate change

Catholic climate campaigner urges faithful “to stand up against” world’s “arrogance, apathy and avarice”

Church aid org Caritas pushes EU for "socially responsible, human-centred" budget

Church aid org Caritas pushes EU for "socially responsible, human-centred" budget

Church aid org Caritas pushes EU for “socially responsible, human-centred” budget

Portuguese bishop warns of 'very serious' housing problem in country as Church accompanies demolition of illegal settlement

Portuguese bishop warns of 'very serious' housing problem in country as Church accompanies demolition of illegal settlement

Portuguese bishop warns of “very serious” housing problem in country as Church accompanies demolition of illegal settlement

Pope Francis blesses a poor woman

Pope Francis blesses a poor woman

Pope cries: “It is imperative to end the exploitation of the poorest!”

Poverty and inquality in Europe

Poverty and inquality in Europe

Church charity Caritas denounces bureaucracy, legal barriers to basic services increasing poverty, inequality in Europe

A man kisses the Pope during the General Audience Wednesday 19 February

A man kisses the Pope during the General Audience Wednesday 19 February

Pope insists on World Social Justice Day on “rights” and “immense dignity” of poor and abandoned

German bishop Gregor Maria Hanke (Eichstätt) decries - 'We live with our prosperity at the expense of less developed countries'

German bishop Gregor Maria Hanke (Eichstätt) decries - 'We live with our prosperity at the expense of less developed countries'

German bishop decries: “We live with our prosperity at the expense of less developed countries”

Pope pleads for economy based on 'inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development'

Pope pleads for economy based on 'inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development'

Pope pleads for economy based on “inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development”

Pope agitates for global economic reform with leading world economists and finance ministers

Pope agitates for global economic reform with leading world economists and finance ministers

Pope agitates for global economic reform: “A rich world can and must put an end to poverty”

Pope Francis greets the faithful February 5 at the General Audience in the Paul VI Hall

Pope Francis greets the faithful February 5 at the General Audience in the Paul VI Hall

Updated: At General Audience, Pope reminds rulers of “true” power: “fraternity, charity, love, humility”

Home-precarious in Barcelona

Home-precarious in Barcelona

Barcelona cardinal laments plight of half-million home-precarious, one-in-four in social exclusion

Priest Robert Sirico launches his anti-Francis economy book in Madrid

Priest Robert Sirico launches his anti-Francis economy book in Madrid

Anti-Francis lobby ramps up attack on Pope’s economic vision with pro-free market book launch in Madrid