Collateral Damage

Think and Act Anew – By Father Larry Snyder – May 12, 2010
Remember Gordon Gekko and his famous – infamous – speech in the 1987 movie Wall Street about how greed is good?
Instead of serving as a warning, Americans everywhere jumped on the free-for-all market of the 1980’s, adopting this belief in self-interest as the [...]

Caritas In Veritate Guides Academy for Social Sciences

Vatican Information Service – May 5, 2010
VATICAN CITY, 5 MAY 2010 (VIS) – Today in the Holy See Press Office Mary Ann Glendon, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, presented a summary of the academy’s sixteenth plenary assembly which took place in the Vatican’s Casina Pio IV from 30 April to 4 May [...]

Pope: There is No Charity Without Life in Christ

Holy See to UN: What About Bailout Money for Poor?

Zenit.org – March 19, 2010
NEW YORK, MARCH 25, 2010 (Zenit.org) – The Holy See is noting that the countries who found bailout money to save financial institutions in the economic crisis should also have resources for helping the poor.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See’s permanent observer at the U.N. offices in New York, stated this [...]

Catholic Relief Services: New Hope for Ethiopia

(Archdiocese of Chicago) Catholic Chicago Blog – March 22, 2010
Fr. Kevin J. Feeney – “For I was hungry, you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me…”
A group of eight seminarians from Mundelein Seminary, [...]

Holy See: Promoting Family Can Build Economy

Zenit.org – February 5, 2010
NEW YORK, FEB. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations is highlighting the family as a primary resource for building the economy and social integration and development.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore stated this Thursday in an address about social integration, which he delivered at the 48th [...]

Economic Forum Leaves Biggest Question Unanswered

Zenit.org – February 1, 2010
DAVOS, Switzerland, FEB. 1, 2010 (Zenit.org) – After participating in the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the secretary-general of Caritas says she is left wondering if financial institutions can really become motivated by more than just profit and also look out for the common good.
This was a reflection posted by Lesley-Anne [...]

Caritas Launches Zero Poverty Campaign

Zenit.org – January 27, 2010
BRUSSELS, Belgium, JAN. 27, 2010 (Zenit.org) – Caritas is launching a campaign in conjunction with the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.
The Zero Poverty campaign was launched by the aid agency today at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The presentation was given to the by Erny Gillen, president of [...]

More Moderate Lifestyles Means Ending Food Waste, says Cardinal

Catholic News Service – By Carol Glatz – December 15, 2009
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With poverty, hunger and environmental degradation on the rise worldwide, people must do all they can to not waste precious food, said Cardinal Renato Martino.
“In developed countries every year, 30 percent of foodstuffs are wasted, ending up in the garbage,” he [...]

Luxury, Waste are Unacceptable When Hunger is on the Rise, says Pope

Catholic News Service – By Carol Glatz – November 16, 2009
ROME (CNS) — Opulence and waste are unacceptable especially when hunger — the cruelest form of poverty — continues to rise, Pope Benedict XVI told world leaders at a summit on food security.
The pope condemned the greed that fuels speculation on food prices, aid that [...]

Chicago’s CCHD Collection Redefines Poverty from a Catholic Perspective

(Archdiocese of Chicago) Catholic Chicago Blog – November 16, 2009
Material Poverty + Spiritual Poverty = The Problem of Poverty
This weekend, the Church’s domestic anti-poverty initiative, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, will have its annual second-collection throughout the entire Archdiocese of Chicago. As Thanksgiving approaches, this is a great opportunity to reflect on all [...]

CCHD Collection Focuses on Helping Families Struggling in Bad Economy

Catholic News Service – October 29, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNS) — “Families are struggling. Faith is calling” is the theme for this year’s national collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, which will be taken up in most U.S. Catholic churches the weekend of Nov. 21-22.
“This year, our call as Catholics to bring glad tidings to [...]

Holy See Decries Increasing Poverty

Zenit.org – October 23, 2009
NEW YORK, OCT. 23, 2009 (Zenit.org) – The Holy See is calling for the eradication of poverty, pointing out that even after the global economy recovers, for many people the crisis will not be over.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations, stated this Thursday in [...]

USCCB, CRS Global Poverty Initiative Reaches Quarter Million Catholics

Reuters – September 21, 2009
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced that they have reached over 250,000 Catholics through their Catholics Confront Global Poverty initiative, a renewed nationwide effort to address the root causes of global poverty through education and advocacy. In less than seven months, they have [...]

Faith Leaders Hope G-20 Summit will ‘Do the Right Thing’ for Poor

Catholic News Service – Patricia Bartos – September 23, 2009
PITTSBURGH (CNS) — Leaders of the most powerful countries in the world, meeting for the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh Sept. 24-25, have huge economic issues to contend with.
But with latest estimates showing 1 billion people around the world suffering from hunger as a result of the [...]

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