The world is in the midst of the largest global hunger crisis in recent history. According to the United Nations World Food Programme: · more than 780 million people worldwide suffer chronic ongoing hunger, · over 300 million persons are experiencing the most extreme forms of hunger, · 42 […]
CNA/VATICAN CITY — On the morning of Easter Sunday 2024, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before delivering his urbi et orbi message and blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica in the presence of an estimated 60,000 people. “Urbi et orbi” means “To the city (of Rome) and to […]
When I began writing this column, it was the Solemnity of Christ the King; an awesome reminder that while kingdoms and kings of all sorts, up and down the centuries, come and go, our Lord Jesus Christ is King of the universe. And his kingdom will have no end. And the King, as we heard […]
“It’s a record that should never have been set,” said U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. The record? Over 100 million people around the world have been forced to flee from gang violence, armed conflicts, war, global warming induced droughts, hunger, extreme poverty – in all, countless situations offering no hope. Grandi boldly asserted, […]
There is one war we need to fight. For without our intervention countless people will suffer, and thousands of children will continue dying daily. The name of the enemy – who deserves nothing less than total annihilation – is world hunger! Every year around this time, Oct. 16, World Food Day reminds us to pay […]
