Poverty Archives

Guatemalan prelate says his remarks are based on what he experiences

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Oct 1, 2019

Cardinal-designate Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri offered prayers for Central American migrants Sept. 29, while celebrating Mass on World Day for Migrants and Refugees in this downtrodden Guatemalan department, epicenter of an ongoing outflow of migrants toward the United States.

Catholic Charities to award $1 million for innovative anti-poverty efforts

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 27, 2019

Catholic Charities USA has unveiled a $1 million award program that officials hope will lead to innovative efforts to address poverty.

“Pope of the Peripheries” comes alive in ex-garbage dump where the poor find dignity

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 9, 2019

During a Sept. 4-10 trip to Mozambique and Madagascar which will also see him going to Mauritius on Monday, the “pope of the peripheries” did not have many chances to encounter those in the outskirts of the cities he visited. That changed Sunday in Madagascar.

Catholic missionaries bring Jesus to Baltimore streets

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 8, 2019

Colin Miller and Nathan Belk are spending their days walking through the streets of downtown Baltimore. In their backpacks they might carry some clean pairs of socks for a homeless person or a bottle of water.

Pope shares stage with fellow Argentine who insists ‘poverty is not fate’

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 8, 2019

Father Pedro Opeka told Crux, “We’ve been able to show that poverty is not fate. But you have to believe that. You have to immerse yourself in the middle of them and stay with them.”

On Sunday, Pope Francis saw the best and worst of Madagascar

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 8, 2019

An estimated 70 percent of the population of Madagascar suffers from extreme poverty, living on less than $2 a day. Life expectancy is 65, 12 years less than in the United States.