#Poverty

Vaccines: a mirage for Africa. Under-resourced and with inadequate facilities

Covid-19: Africa is likely to face a long wait to receive free vaccines, amidst poor quality healthcare services and insufficient…

Poverty and COVID-19: Caritas Rome, 600% more food aid in June. 35% new poor due to the lockdown

Rome is facing a “social pandemic” caused by the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 crisis. Caritas Rome’s 2020 Report records…

Poland: Wiosna report, the pandemic causes the number of poor people to grow. Huge problems for children, old and disabled people

Ireland: Diocese of Dublin, online donations to ensure families have food on the table this Christmas. 100 places for the homeless

World Day of the Poor: Poland, diocesan initiatives. Warsaw, hot meals and donations; Koszalin, solidarity grocery shopping

World Day of the Poor: Poland, diocesan initiatives. Mgr. Skworc, “a call to generosity”

France. Secours Catholique: “The health crisis opened the country’s eyes to poverty”

According to the Report on the State of Poverty, presented in France by Secours Catholique on November 12, there is…

CUAMM Doctors. Don Carraro: “Africa teaches us not to be afraid of the future. Human fraternity restores confidence”

In the past seventy years 2,060 people were sent from Italy for projects, with 239 hospitals served in 43 countries.…

Russia: Caritas, “Week of Mercy”. Initiatives for homeless in Moscow. Covid spiking, Putin introduces lockdown in the capital

Coronavirus Covid-19: EU, 17 million from the Africa Fund to Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan to reduce the impact of the pandemic

Attacks in Europe. Mons. Meini: “We firmly condemn the culture of extremism and hate”

Msgr. Meini opened the permanent Council of Italian bishops with words of “sadness and closeness” to the victims. He condemned…