Tag: Poverty
Poverty pushes thousands of people in Myanmar to Thailand
With borders closed since March 2020, migrants have no choice but to make the journey illegally
Pandemic pushes 26.14 million Filipinos to live below poverty threshold
About 26.14 million Filipinos live below the poverty threshold, estimated at US$242, during the first half of 2021
Sight: Power, invisibility, and solidarity
"I thought I saw one open in an unlikely place — “under the bridge,” literally and metaphorically"
Video: Surviving the Pandemic: Solidarity at the Margins
A lecture delivered by Father Daniel Franklin E. Pilario, C.M. at St. John's University in the United States on Dec. 6, 2021
Touch and Hearing: Incarnation and the groaning of creation
The loss of the sense of touch has truly impoverished our human experience
Taste and smell: Hunger and the Eucharist
To insist on the language “sacrifice” for the Eucharist in times when millions have been offered in the altar of mammon is sacrilegious
Preparation through evangelical simple living
How must we prepare for the coming of the Lord of the kingdom of justice and peace?
Fewer Filipino households consider themselves poor
The survey estimated that 11.4 million Filipino families felt they were poor in September 2021
‘It is time that the poor be given back their voice’...
The pope underlined the importance of encountering the poor face to face and learning from their witness to hope
Following in the footsteps of Francis (1)
St. Francis was not in love with pain itself, but with our Lord who loved and suffered for him
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