#Poverty

Development goals: Eurostat, EU makes progress in some areas, no step forward on climate and setbacks on gender equality

Argentina in the grips of coronavirus and default. Bishop Carrara: “The pandemic has laid us bare”

Not only is the South American country afflicted by a surge in new cases of Covid-19. In fact, last weekend…

Africa: “low-intensity wars” are deadlier than the coronavirus

Militia and guerrillas are rife in Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mozambique. Weapons and violence give no respite to…

Bulgaria: slow reopening after lockdown. Patashev (Caritas) to SIR, “a few cases, but high unemployment and severe social impact”

Africa under attack: terrorism, locusts, hunger and Covid-19

The portal of the Missio Foundation chronicles the forgotten crises in the African continent. Environmental disasters, terrorism, pandemic threats are…

Coronavirus in Peru. Msgr. Castillo Mattasoglio (Lima): “This pandemic is a challenge to individualism, pastoral care, and politics”

The coronavirus in Peru hit a country afflicted, as the whole continent, by widespread pockets of poverty and inequality. On…

United Kingdom, “step 2” amidst increasing poverty. Catholic charities’ appeal

Spotlight on the situation on the island with Phil McCarthy, CEO of “Caritas Social Action Network”, an agency of the…

Lebanon, revolution restarts amid protests and Covid-19. There is now fear that the revolts, as well as politics, could be “denominationally” manipulated

The very serious economic and political crisis might be more impactful than the Coronavirus: Lebanon announced sovereign default in March…

In Sao Paulo, Brazil, street priests are a veritable “task force” against the pandemic

The fundamental role of ” street priests ” in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where public transport is still overcrowded. Priests play…

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Brussels, part of EU Parliament’s building to shelter the homeless. 1,000 meals a day for health workers and the needy of the city

USA. Covid-19 emergency: the challenge of providing assistance to the homeless

The Covid-19 crisis required shutting down homeless care services or radically reorganising their structures. Homeless people are bound to increase,…