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A woman walks past a homeless man sleeping on a sidewalk in Baltimore June 6, 2023. (OSV News/Bob Roller)

Why is it so difficult for us to serve the poor?

Heather King|May 23, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Francis poses for a photograph with a delegation of Manos Unidas during an audience in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2024. Manos Unidos is a Catholic organization based in Spain that promotes aid and development in developing nations, particularly in the fight against hunger. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope urges people to 'reorient' toward serving the poor, hungry

Carol Glatz|Dec 10, 2024|2 Min Read

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Bishops meet with Milei to address concerns about poverty in Argentina

Eduardo Campos Lima|Mar 15, 2024|4 Min Read

Pope Francis poses for a photo with his guests during a lunch in the Vatican audience hall Nov. 19, 2023, the World Day of the Poor. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis calls poverty a 'scandal' on World Day of the Poor

Catholic News Service|Nov 20, 2023|3 Min Read

Ivonn Rivera, a wife, mother and community leader from San Jose, California, is the winner of the Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership 2023 Award from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. Catholic bishops' domestic anti-poverty program. Rivera will receive the honor Nov. 14, during the U.S. bishops' annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore. She is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News/courtesy Ivonn Rivera)

California mother wins award from US bishops for poverty work

Marietha Góngora V.|Nov 6, 2023|4 Min Read

Homeless on Skid Row in Los Angeles. (Shutterstock)

A sign from above on Skid Row

Robert Brennan|Jun 22, 2023|4 Min Read

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Hungry, poor, and disabled Canadians seeking assisted suicide

Kevin Jones|Dec 13, 2022|5 Min Read

Village children pass the time in front of a home next to a flooding sea wall at high tide in Serua Village, Fiji, July 15, 2022. As the community runs out of ways to adapt to the rising Pacific Ocean, the 80 villagers face the painful decision whether to move. (CNS photo/Loren Elliott, Reuters)

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Fordham report finds poverty growing globally, reversing recent gains

Dennis Sadowski|Nov 11, 2022|4 Min Read

A girl carries a stack of pita bread on her head as she walks near rubble of damaged buildings in Aleppo, Syria, April 12, 2019. The Chaldean Catholic bishop of Aleppo said 11 years of war and the accompanying economic sanctions have left the city impoverished. (CNS photo/Omar Sanadiki, Reuters)

World

Syrian bishop: Aleppo facing 'bombardment' of poverty

Doreen Abi Raad|Aug 16, 2022|3 Min Read

SCL Health staff administer COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable seniors and members of underserved communities Feb. 6, 2021, at the National Western Complex in Denver. SCL is a Catholic health care system based in Broomfield, Colo. During their virtual assembly June 14-15, leadership of the Catholic Health Association stressed the need to continue to promote COVID-19 vaccines for everyone. (CNS photo/courtesy Gregg Moss, SCL Health)

CHA explains support for bill expanding health care access, affordability

Dennis Sadowski|Feb 1, 2022|6 Min Read

Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. (The Erica Chang/Wikimedia Commons)

Down the rabbit hole into LA’s Skid Row

Robert Brennan|Aug 17, 2021|4 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)

World

Philippine bishop appeals for food for poor ahead of strict lockdown

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

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