UK Catholic leaders join interfaith appeal for debt cancellation for poorest nations
Several Catholic leaders have joined an interfaith call for the British government to cancel the debt of the world’s poorest 77 countries.
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by bcadmin | Jul 14, 2020 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, debt relief, Great Britain, News, Scottish bishops, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |
Several Catholic leaders have joined an interfaith call for the British government to cancel the debt of the world’s poorest 77 countries.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 4, 2020 | Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, COVID-19, debt relief, Geneva, lead, News, Pope Francis, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican’s representative to the UN in Geneva says coordinated action by the international community is of “utmost importance,” as developing countries are already struggling under unsustainable debt burdens or because they are too poor to tackle the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 15, 2020 | Coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic, debt relief, News, Poor nations, U.S. & World News, urbi et orbi, World Health Assembly, World Health Organization | 0 |
Advocates for debt relief for the world’s poorest countries are calling on international policymakers to cancel debt payments and expand debt relief for developing nations to bolster health care and protect vulnerable people and workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 15, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, debt relief, Jubilee USA Network, News | 0 |
Advocates for debt relief for the world’s poorest countries are calling on international policymakers to cancel debt payments and expand debt relief for developing nations to bolster health care and protect vulnerable people and workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 16, 2020 | Africa, Catholic Church, Christian Aid, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, debt relief, development, lead, News | 0 |
As Africa struggles with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the continent’s governments will have to make hard choices: Keep servicing its debts and compromise the lives of their people or stop debt repayments to redirect resources for emergency response.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 10, 2020 | Bishop David J. Malloy, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on International Justice and Peace, Coronavirus, COVID-19, debt relief, Jubilee USA Network, News, Trump administration, USCCB | 0 |
Two leading proponents of debt relief for developing countries urged the White House to lead the call for a moratorium on debt payments for poor nations so they can devote funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 1, 2020 | Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Coronavirus, COVID-19, debt relief, jubilee, News, Vatican | 0 |
“Could the coronavirus-19 crisis lead to a jubilee?” Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle wondered out loud during a Mass livestreamed from the Pontifical Philippine College in Rome.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2020 | Casina IV, Catholic Church, debt relief, economy, International Monetary Fund, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Speaking at a summit in Rome of some of the world’s most powerful financial officials, Pope Francis said the fact that five million children under five will die this year due to extreme poverty is something that should motivate the world to act.
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