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Pope Leo XIV greets employees of the United Nations' World Food Program outside its Rome headquarters June 22, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Pope to UN: World feeds conflicts faster than it feeds the hungry

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jun 22, 2026|5 Min Read

A combine harvests wheat in Kremlin, Okla., June 12, 2025. As the U.S. Senate prepares to considers a 2026 farm bill approved by the U.S. House, Catholic organizations sought to stress to lawmakers the importance of efforts to combat hunger, such as robust support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, a major part of the nation’s social safety net. (OSV News photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters)

Catholic groups stress efforts to combat hunger as Senate prepares to consider farm bill

Kate Scanlon|May 7, 2026|5 Min Read

A Catholic Relief Services worker is pictured in a file photo helping a young woman at a food distribution area in Marojela village, located in the Marolinta commune in southern Madagascar's Beloha District. (OSV News photo/Jim Stipe, courtesy Catholic Relief Services)

Pope Leo XIV denounces use of hunger as ‘weapon of war’ in message to UN conference

Catholic News Agency|Jun 30, 2025|3 Min Read

Father Ed Benioff, pastor at Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, stands in front of the Feed My Poor food truck that brings hot meals to the needy seven days a week. (John Rueda)

Beverly Hills pastor’s idea — reaching LA’s poorest in a unique way

Mike Cisneros|Sep 25, 2024|6 Min Read

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'Heed their cries and help': U.S. bishop pleads for hungry as Russia attacks Ukraine's grain

Gina Christian|Aug 8, 2023|3 Min Read

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Pope to Russia: Destroying grain, creating hunger is 'grave offense to God'

Carol Glatz|Jul 31, 2023|3 Min Read

A woman who fled a violent rebellion in the Central African Republic sits with her family as they wait for their identification process in the border town of Garoua Boulai, Cameroon, Jan. 7, 2021. Bishops in the Central African Republic said the country is feeling "convulsions from the Ukraine crisis" with depleting food and fuel supplies paralyzing "the socio-economic life of the nation" and hospitals running out of equipment. (CNS photo/Joel Kouam, Reuters)

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Central African Republic bishops warn of 'convulsions' from Ukraine war

Catholic News Service|Jun 30, 2022|3 Min Read

The body of a soldier from the Ethiopian military lies covered on the main road of the village of Sheweate Hugum in Ethiopia's Tigray region July 10, 2021. The U.N. High Commission for Human Rights and Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said both sides in the wat had committed abuses that amounted to war crimes (CNS photo/Giulia Paravicini, Reuters)

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Church leaders call attention to Ethiopia as troops approach capital

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 4, 2021|3 Min Read

Dozens of local Catholic high school students team up with Order of Malta members at St. Peter's Italian Church to assemble meal packs for those in need. (Scott Vick)

Order of Malta Los Angeles launches Operation Beat Hunger

Angelus Staff|Nov 4, 2021|3 Min Read

A supermarket is seen in this illustration photo. On Aug. 16, 2021, the Biden administration approved a permanent increase of over 25% for food stamp benefits known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. (CNS photo/Patrick T. Fallon, Reuters)

Archbishop says SNAP increase helps people meet 'essential human needs'

Catholic News Service|Aug 23, 2021|2 Min Read

Residents gather June 7, 2021, at the site of an attack in the village of Solhan, Burkina Faso. Bishop Laurent Dabire of Dori condemned the June 5 attack by Islamists that left at least 160 people dead and urged residents to "keep faith and stay united." (CNS photo/Burkina Faso Prime Minister's Press Service handout via Reuters)

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Despite media attention, Afghanistan is not the only crisis affecting the world

Inés San Martín|Aug 23, 2021|5 Min Read

A mother wearing a protective mask looks on while her children share a plate of rice in their home in Manila, Philippines, May 25, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The head of the Philippine bishops' conference has appealed to Catholics to give food to the poor so that they do not go hungry during a near-total lockdown in Manila Aug. 6-20, 2021. (CNS photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters)

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Philippine bishop appeals for food for poor ahead of strict lockdown

Catholic News Service|Aug 3, 2021|2 Min Read

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