Homelessness Archives

Brazilian priest fights anti-homeless spikes under São Paulo bridges

Feb 16, 2021

Father Júlio Lancellotti’s photo went viral last week as he joined city government workers to tear down devices to keep homeless people from lying down under two bridges in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city and financial hub.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Archbishop welcomes federal actions on housing, hunger as pandemic continues

Jan 31, 2021

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee welcomed the extension of the federal eviction moratorium and an increase in nutrition assistance to families struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.

By Catholic News Service

The homeless need both a handout and a hand up, archbishop says

Jan 31, 2021

Giving some money or a blanket or a sandwich to a homeless person is a good and laudable thing, but a Christian who considers the beggar a brother or sister will do more, said Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin.

By Catholic News Service

Ailing pope, reducing appearances, prays for homeless dead

Jan 24, 2021

Ailing Pope Francis, who this week is making limited public appearances due to persistent pain, has drawn attention to the plight of homeless people in winter, including a Nigerian man who froze to death near the Vatican.

By Frances D'Emilio

Vatican begins vaccinating residents of its homeless shelters

Jan 20, 2021

As the Vatican health service continued vaccinating Vatican residents and employees against COVID-19, it also began offering the vaccine to homeless people who live in Vatican-owned shelters.

By Cindy Wooden

Italian charity urges hotels to open doors to homeless amid winter chill

Jan 13, 2021

The Italian Sant’Egidio community has issued an appeal for hotels and other buildings empty due to a lack of tourists amid the coronavirus pandemic to take in homeless who are at risk in the cold winter temperatures.

By Elise Ann Allen

College student creates gingerbread cathedral, raises money for homeless

Dec 26, 2020

Making gingerbread houses is a Christmas tradition for some families, especially those with German ancestry.

By Sam Lucero

Pandemic doesn’t stop Boston Catholic high school students’ help for homeless

Dec 20, 2020

A weekly encounter with the homeless at the Jesuit-run Boston College High School hasn’t slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But their project to help the homeless continues to evolve as a result.

By Kurt Jensen