Pope repeats call to divert funds from military to fighting hunger

Repeating a call first made by St Paul VI, Pope Francis urged a global move to divert money from national military spending and use it to “definitely defeat hunger.” Addressing representatives of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on Friday 16th October, World Food Day, Pope Francis seemed to go a step further than St... Read More

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October 14, 2020

In Paraguay, church fights ‘hunger we have never experienced before’

Father Eckar Rolón does not expect his workload to evaporate on 15th October when his small landlocked country, Paraguay, reopens its borders with neighbouring Argentina and Brazil after seven months. Fr Rolón has co-ordinated a massive food programme in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay’s second-largest city, since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March and borders were... Read More

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September 28, 2020

High-tech solutions to hunger must respect cultures, says academy head

The important and urgent task of feeding the world must follow ethical guidelines and respect cultures, traditions and biodiversity, said the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life. “We have to feed everyone, but not everyone has to eat the same thing,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, academy president, said from the Vatican during an online conference. Protecting the... Read More

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September 9, 2020

Rashford gives MP red card over hunger tweet

Footballer Marcus Rashford has criticised a Conservative MP for his comments on child hunger. Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, was praising the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme when he replied to a comment, saying: “Where they can, it’s a parents’ job to feed their children.” However, Rashford criticised the comment, saying... Read More

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July 17, 2020

Vatican official calls for action after UN reports rising hunger rate

After the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation projected a drastic increase in hunger and malnutrition due to the coronavirus, a Vatican official called on the international community to work together to combat poverty. In an interview with Vatican News, Mgr Fernando Chica Arellano, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the FAO, said the Covid-19 pandemic has... Read More

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June 17, 2020

Church welcomes Government’s U-turn on summer free school meals but warns more must be done

The Diocese of Westminster has warned the Government that more must be done in order to prevent child poverty in the UK reaching record levels. The call came as Caritas Westminster, the social action agency of the diocese, welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will extend its free school meal voucher scheme to cover the... Read More

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May 13, 2020

Dermot O’Leary backs appeal to help poorest beat Covid-19

Catholic TV and radio presenter Dermot O’Leary has urged the British public to donate to a coronavirus appeal for people living in some of the poorest countries in the world. The X Factor host is backing UK aid agency CAFOD’s fundraising campaign so that those in developing countries hit by the pandemic “get some of... Read More

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April 27, 2020

Mexican bishops announce ‘families without hunger’ plan during pandemic

Mexico’s bishops have called for the federal government to reconsider its Covid-19 response, urging the president to set aside a suite of mega-projects and instead put the funds toward families facing pandemic hardships. The bishops also announced an initiative – “Families without hunger” – to combat rising hunger as millions of Mexicans lose work and... Read More

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April 24, 2020

Lockdown means new levels of hunger for Rome’s poor, charities say

Charitable organisations in Rome have reported an alarming increase in hunger linked to the Covid-19 pandemic and the necessary restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the virus. Volunteers for the Community of Sant’Egidio, local Caritas organisations, the Red Cross and others, including numerous neighbourhood initiatives that have sprouted up spontaneously to cast... Read More

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