Tag: Poverty
Street life: Manila’s homeless find shelter in pushcarts
Many have come from the provinces in search of work that did not materialize or were forced from their homes by domestic abuse
Challenges on ‘World Day of the Poor’
Will we in the Church have the prophetic courage to take the challenges of Pope Francis seriously?
Ethnic minorities in Lao struggle with pregnancy-related deaths and infant mortality
Poverty is widespread in Laos, and is especially severe for children from the dozens of ethnic minority groups who live in rural areas
SPOTLIGHT: Joy of the Elephants
COVID-19 pandemic forced a mahout to make heartbreaking choices but both man and elephant have finally found sanctuary
Survey says 12.2M Filipino families felt ‘poor’ in second quarter of...
The figure points to an increase from the 10.9 million Filipino families who felt “poor” during the first quarter of the year
Coveting wealth and possessions can blind us to the ‘true goods...
“What is covetousness? It is the unbridled greed for possessions, always desiring to be rich,” the pope said
Fighting the oppression of real poverty
Real poverty is caused by the desire of one to hoard “meaningless” earthly advantages, at the expense and to the disadvantage of another
Pope Francis: The poor suffer the most from heat waves, drought
In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the pope said that it is “the poorest among us who are crying out”
SPOTLIGHT: Living through it all
Our first story in the series "Listening with the heart through generations" in which 11-13 year-olds tell the stories of those living on the fringe of society in Asia
Pandemic made the poor poorer and the rich richer
None of the super-rich has declared that they will share any of their massive wealth with the poor