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Internally displaced South Sudanese families sit outside a classroom in Jonglei, South Sudan, Sept. 24, 2020. As South Sudan marks 10 years of independence, there is little to celebrate, church leaders say. (CNS photo/Denis Dumo, Reuters)

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Archbishop: Decade after independence, South Sudan 'is bleeding slowly'

Fredrick Nzwili|Jul 8, 2021|3 Min Read

The Holy See Secretary of State Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Richard Drew/AP via Crux)

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Top Vatican diplomat says decline of the West not irreversible

Inés San Martín|Apr 14, 2021|4 Min Read

Twentieth-century painting of St. Joseph in Chiesa di Santa Maria del Porto Church. (Shutterstock)

St. Joseph and the crisis of fatherhood

Russell Shaw|Jan 29, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks in a video message released Jan. 25 to the virtual "Climate Adaptation Summit" hosted by the Netherlands. Cardinal Parolin said climate change is a global problem that requires the commitment and collective response of all humanity. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican Secretary of State calls for synergy in fight against poverty and climate change

Courtney Mares|Jan 25, 2021|2 Min Read

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Payday loan expansion means fast money and cycle of debt for Michigan's poor, bishops say

Catholic News Agency|Dec 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks in a recorded message for the TED event, "Countdown," in this still frame from a video released by the Vatican Oct. 10, 2020. The pope joined the global virtual event in support of solutions to climate change. (CNS photo/Vatican Press Office)

Pope: Time is running out to fix economy, protect the Earth, help the poor

Cindy Wooden|Oct 10, 2020|4 Min Read

A family poses for a photo in mid-March in their home in Kaya, Burkina Faso. Most people in the Sahel region in Africa are poor and lack formal education and skills "that could enable them to ascend social and economic ladders," a report from Catholic Relief Services said. (CNS photo/Julien Ermine, Reuters)

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CRS report says poverty, not religious conflict, causes Sahel violence

Bronwen Dachs|Oct 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Kimsooja's "A Beggar Woman." (Screenshot via Art21)

Answering the world’s questions through performance art

Heather King|Sep 25, 2020|4 Min Read

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, president of Caritas Internationalis and prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, is pictured in Rome in a 2018 file photo. Cardinal Tagle said the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic go beyond health care and ultimately threaten the livelihood of already vulnerable populations. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Ahead of G-20 meeting, Caritas urges debt relief for poor countries

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jul 17, 2020|4 Min Read

Hope Jahren. (© Erica Morrow/Penguin Random House)

A biblical approach to saving the planet

Heather King|Jun 26, 2020|4 Min Read

A file photo shows a homeless man walking past closed shops in Beirut during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters)

World

'Feel the pain,' Lebanese cardinal urges government as poverty increases

Catholic News Service|Jun 15, 2020|2 Min Read

A man searches through a dumpster in Sidon, Lebanon, April 1, 2020. Lebanon's Maronite Catholic Church is drawing up a comprehensive social assistance and food aid plan to help needy families as more Lebanese slide into poverty amid the country's financial collapse. (CNS photo/Ali Hashisho, Reuters)

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Maronites plan help as Lebanese families slide into poverty

Catholic News Service|May 7, 2020|3 Min Read

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