Tag: hunger
The contrast between royal news and papal trip
It has been curious, as many things that may bear meaning are often curious: At the same time that a major Catholic figure is making an appearance with a strong message for the world, it is nearly overcome by news that involves the royal family. It happened when Mother Teresa and Princess Diana died the… Read More ›
The Abyss of Interior Solitude
We do not go into the desert to escape people but to learn how to find them; we do not leave them in order to have nothing to do with them, but to find out the way to do them the most good. But this is only a secondary end. The one end that includes… Read More ›
Pope targets eliminating hunger as goal for Catholic Church
Rome, Italy, Nov 16, 2009 / 10:06 pm (CNA).- On Monday Pope Benedict XVI addressed a gathering at the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, calling hunger “the most cruel and concrete sign of poverty” and stating that “the Catholic Church will always be concerned for efforts to defeat hunger.” Speaking at the United… Read More ›