debt relief

Caritas tells G7 leaders debt relief is key to global COVID-19 recovery
- Jun 10, 2021
The world cannot recover from the health and economic crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and tackle climate change without debt relief, said the secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis.

By Catholic News Service
Debt cancellation ‘a question of justice and survival, not mercy or forgiveness’
- Sep 19, 2020
As the world reels from the COVID-19 pandemic, the poorest nations are suffering another problem: Crippling debt that has become nearly impossible to pay after the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus crisis.

By Crux Staff
UK Catholic leaders join interfaith appeal for debt cancellation for poorest nations
- Jul 14, 2020
Several Catholic leaders have joined an interfaith call for the British government to cancel the debt of the world’s poorest 77 countries.

By Charles Collins

Vatican backs debt relief for poor countries as part of COVID recovery
- Jul 4, 2020
The Vatican’s representative to the UN in Geneva says coordinated action by the international community is of “utmost importance,” as developing countries are already struggling under unsustainable debt burdens or because they are too poor to tackle the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.

By Inés San Martín

Advocates seek debt relief so poor nations can better respond to pandemic
- May 15, 2020
Advocates for debt relief for the world’s poorest countries are calling on international policymakers to cancel debt payments and expand debt relief for developing nations to bolster health care and protect vulnerable people and workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Dennis Sadowski
Economic impact of coronavirus in Africa means debt relief needed, Christian Aid says
- Apr 16, 2020
As Africa struggles with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the continent’s governments will have to make hard choices: Keep servicing its debts and compromise the lives of their people or stop debt repayments to redirect resources for emergency response.

By Crux Staff
Bishop, faith groups urge Trump to support debt relief for poor nations
- Apr 10, 2020
Two leading proponents of debt relief for developing countries urged the White House to lead the call for a moratorium on debt payments for poor nations so they can devote funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Catholic News Service
Declare a jubilee: Pandemic is time to forgive debts, cardinal suggests
- Apr 1, 2020
“Could the coronavirus-19 crisis lead to a jubilee?” Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle wondered out loud during a Mass livestreamed from the Pontifical Philippine College in Rome.

By Cindy Wooden