Articles on this issue "hunger"
"On a scale of 1 to 10, the Pope’s interest in eradicating hunger is at 11," the director general of the FAO says. José Graziano da Silva of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization told …
read moreHere is a letter signed by Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, and other religious leaders, urging the heads of the Group of 8 nations to stay on course in achieving the Millennium …
read moreBy Eva-Maria Kolmann “Abba Angelo, Abba Angelo,” cry the children when they see the old white jeep with the cracked windscreen. “Abba Angelo,” the grownups also shout after the vehicle. …
read moreCaritas will host an International Congress on World Hunger and Food Security in Vienna, Austria on June 1-2. The purpose of the meeting is to find global solutions to why 925 million people …
read moreEnsuring that people have access to food is protecting their right to life, Benedict XVI wrote in a message on the occasion of World Food Day. The Pope said this in a letter sent today to …
read moreHere is a translation of the message Benedict XVI sent to Jacques Diouf, director-general of the U.N.'s Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) on the occasion of World Food Day. …
read moreHere is Benedict XVI's Lenten message for 2009, dated Dec. 11 and released today. The theme of the letter is "He Fasted for Forty Days and Forty Nights, and Afterward He Was Hungry." * * * …
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read moreHere is the statement Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Program, gave today at the press conference the presented Benedict XVI's message for Lent. * * * I would like to …
read moreAs the World Health Organization today reported 775 cholera deaths in Zimbabwe, Caritas reported that people are mixing cow dung with remaining food to make it last a bit longer. "This is …
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read moreBenedict XVI remembered today the victims of a Soviet-era famine that took the lives of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s. After praying the Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter's …
read moreBenedict XVI says world hunger has its roots in a variety of issues that can be summarized by a false perception of the values that should regulate international relations. The Pope affirmed …
read moreThe rising number of malnourished people in the world is "intolerable," and it's a situation that Europe needs to begin taking more seriously, says a Vatican representative to the Council of …
read moreThe struggle against hunger will not be in vain if it is “centered on the dignity of the person,” said a Vatican spokesman. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press …
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