#Poverty

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,…

The conclusion of the Synod of the Church of England. Focus on the environment, fight on abuse and help to the poor

In the concluding session of the General Synod of the Church of England held this week at London’s Church House,…

Sahel: Grandi (UN), poverty, violence, internal displacement. “Act now before the crisis becomes unmanageable”

Protests in Latin America: Carriquiry (former PCLA Secretary-Vice President) to SIR, “subversion of social order. Crisis of neoliberalism and the left