Category: Hunger

Bishop in South Sudan appeals for food amid continued atrocities

by bcadmin | Oct 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Hunger, News, South Sudan, war crimes | 0 |

The bishop of a diocese in South Sudan is appealing for food as his region in the county’s south has been hit by rebel atrocities.

African faith leaders call for cancellation of punitive foreign debts

by bcadmin | Oct 8, 2022 | African bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Hunger, News, Poverty | 0 |

Catholic leaders in Africa have called for the removal of the unpayable debts, saying that the burdens were sinking their countries further into poverty.

African faith leaders call for cancellation of punitive foreign debts

by bcadmin | Oct 8, 2022 | African bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Hunger, News, Poverty | 0 |

Catholic leaders in Africa have called for the removal of the unpayable debts, saying that the burdens were sinking their countries further into poverty.

Ukraine crisis fueling starvation in South Sudan, says Catholic charity

by bcadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Hunger, lead, News, South Sudan, Ukraine Crisis, World Food Program | 0 |

More than 8 million people in South Sudan are experiencing severe food insecurity, the worst figure on record since independence.

Horn of Africa facing food crisis affecting 20 million people

by bcadmin | Jun 6, 2022 | Africa, CAFOD, Church in Africa, Climate change, Ethiopia, famine, Hunger, Kenya, lead, News, Somalia | 0 |

As droughts continue to hit countries across the Horn of Africa, a leading Catholic aid agency says 20 million people are facing an acute food shortage.

Priests describe danger of famine in Kenya as bishops launch aid appeal

by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Drought, Hunger, Kenya, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, News | 0 |

As Kenyan Catholic bishops launch an appeal to aid drought-hit regions, local priests in the parishes are raising deep concerns over mounting hunger as people face the possibility of famine.

Syria’s economy so bad many people don’t have one meal a day, nun says

by bcadmin | May 29, 2022 | Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Hunger, News, Poverty, Syrian Civil War | 0 |

The war in Syria is mostly over, and not a house was unaffected, said a nun based there. But now, the economy is so bad that people look back on the war and say, “at least then we had some food to eat and we could feed our children.”

West African bishops start fund to help displaced Burkina Faso residents

by bcadmin | May 28, 2022 | Burkina Faso, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Hunger, News | 0 |

Sitting in front of her tent in a camp for Burkina Faso residents displaced from their homes, Christine Yangane cried out for food for her children, whom she said had gone for days without any meal.

Facing extreme hunger, South Sudanese loot aid convoys for food

by bcadmin | Mar 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Food, Hunger, News, South Sudan | 0 |

Church workers are concerned because increasingly desperate South Sudanese are looting humanitarian aid supplies and attacking aid workers in an effort to get food.

Ethiopian bishops reiterate call for peace in their country

by bcadmin | Mar 9, 2022 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Ethiopia, Hunger, News, tigray | 0 |

Catholic bishops in Ethiopia reiterated their call for peace and dialogue in the Horn of Africa country, as conflict in the northern region of Tigray threatens to trigger a famine.

In Lebanese crisis, religious also function as relief, social workers

by bcadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Hunger, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News, Poverty, Refugees, War | 0 |

As Lebanon crumbles under a socioeconomic crisis, Lebanon’s religious are assuming roles as relief and social workers.

Drought keeping kids out of school in Angola

by bcadmin | Nov 27, 2021 | Angola, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Drought, Hunger, lead, News | 0 |

Angola is facing its worst drought in forty years.

Category: Hunger

Bishop in South Sudan appeals for food amid continued atrocities

African faith leaders call for cancellation of punitive foreign debts

African faith leaders call for cancellation of punitive foreign debts

Ukraine crisis fueling starvation in South Sudan, says Catholic charity

Horn of Africa facing food crisis affecting 20 million people

Priests describe danger of famine in Kenya as bishops launch aid appeal

Syria’s economy so bad many people don’t have one meal a day, nun says

West African bishops start fund to help displaced Burkina Faso residents

Facing extreme hunger, South Sudanese loot aid convoys for food

Ethiopian bishops reiterate call for peace in their country

In Lebanese crisis, religious also function as relief, social workers

Drought keeping kids out of school in Angola

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Meta