Bay Area food banks wrestle with taking California National Guard help
For the Second Harvest of Silicon Valley food bank in Santa Clara County, the California National Guard were…
‘Among the discarded of the world’: William Vollmann reflects on Dilexi Te
In L’Osservatore Romano, the renowned American writer William Vollmann – whose career has been dedicated to the wretched…
The IMF and World Bank are failing the big global tests
Last week the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group took place in Washington, D.C.…
Pope Leo: Usury ‘corrupts the human heart’ and enslaves the poor
Pope Leo XIV condemns usury as a grave sin that enslaves the poor and corrupts the human heart,…
Pope Leo XIV: ‘Defeating hunger is the path to peace’
Pope Leo XIV visits the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome to mark World…
‘Leaving the world’s poorest behind’: Nearly 900 million poor people face climate shocks, says UN
ADVERTISEMENT Nearly 900 million people are simultaneously exposed to the escalating impacts of the climate crisis, from extreme…
Pope Leo to meet Popular Movements
The Holy See Press Office holds a briefing to present the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements, scheduled…
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia president visits Johnstown to hear about economic conditions | News
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Anna Paulson, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, visited Johnstown Wednesday…
‘Dilexi te’: the pope’s passionate plea for the poor
Copies of the Italian translation of “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”), Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic exhortation, are…
California’s two-tier economy mirrors Great Britain’s ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ past | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
Forty years ago this month, I began a 9,000-mile tour of California, gathering data, conversations and observations about…
Dilexi te: Commitment to poor is prerequisite, not consequence, of faith
Frédéric-Marie le Méhauté OFM speaks to Vatican News about Pope Leo’s new apostolic exhortation on love for the…
Climbing the ladder: Wealth mobility is eluding Britain’s middle class
ADVERTISEMENT Total household wealth is high in Britain. Yet, for many families, it has never felt harder to…