#Poverty

Tunisia. Fr Zinzéré (Vicar General Tunis): “May the people always continue cherishing hopes for the future”

Things have returned to normal. However, Tunisia is still facing an unprecedentedly critical financial crisis. And sadly the pandemic has…

“World hunger is a scandal.” Missionaries’ message to the FAO summit: agribusiness must be stopped

The Pope’s message to the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit is being widely commented on. “Hunger is a scandal,” he said,…

Caritas, more than half of Italy’s poor are not receiving Citizenship Income. Now needed “more than ever”

Caritas Italy’s 6th Report on Anti-Poverty Measures shows that the new poor due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially young couples…

Eurostat: COVID-19 crisis led to less work, reduced incomes and higher risk of poverty in 2020

Germany: Caritas, online platform providing social services to young people and adults in need. 1,700 centres have joined in

CELAM study on Covid-19 and social concerns. Salvia (sociologist): ‘The pandemic had a devastating impact on Latin American societies’

“The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic, social, political and environmental impacts are exacerbated by structural problems in Latin America and…

USA: One in every six children lives in extreme poverty. Plans for guaranteed minimum income

A minimum wage of under $10 an hour doesn’t cover US households rental, which keeps increasing every year along with…

EU-Africa Summit. The missionaries: “the local population weren’t even aware of it”

Father Mauro Armanino (in Niger) and Father Antonio Guarino (Zambia) commented on the recent summit in Paris hosted by French…

Children and COVID-19. Cesvi: increased risk of maltreatment, especially in the south of Italy. Zavatta: “Reinforce infancy territorial services and mental health care”

Alarming situation in the south of the country, severe distress triggered by COVID-19, especially in the most vulnerable households registering…

Nuns and Buddhist monks are helping the people of Mandalay. The country is facing hunger and fear

“It’s a serious situation under all aspects. People are under constant tension and fear. They feel unsafe even in their…

Germany: Mgr. Bätzing (Limburg), “those with broadest shoulders should take on more responsibility during pandemic”