poverty
Pope devotes Mass to poor, calls indifference a ‘great sin’
By Frances D'Emilio — November 19, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — After Mass, the pope lunched with some 1,500 poor people from Italy, Poland, France and elsewhere as the Catholic Church marked its first World Day of the Poor, an event created by Francis to draw attention to those living on the margins of society.
What is wrong with white Christians?
By John Gehring — August 10, 2017
(RNS) — Too many white Christians sacrifice the gospel’s radical solidarity with the poor and oppressed with comfortable, self-serving ideologies, writes John Gehring.
India court affirms priests’ right to property despite poverty oath
By Rina Chandran — June 16, 2017
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) The ruling applies to all religions in the state, and to women in a religious order as well.
As major cities crack down on panhandling, people of faith wrestle with their consciences
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 26, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) Ordinances making it a crime to approach vehicles at intersections are touted as safety measures. Civil liberties advocates say the homeless are being treated as 'human blight.'
Theologian Miroslav Volf makes a surprising case for one candidate
By Jonathan Merritt — October 5, 2016
Theologian Miroslav Volf makes a surprising case for one candidate.
Should Christians wish Peter Singer a happy birthday?
By Charles C. Camosy — July 6, 2016
(RNS) Here are three reasons traditional Christians should carefully and prayerfully engage Singer’s work with an open mind.
How some abortion opponents get ‘pro-life’ radically right
By Marcia Pally — June 28, 2016
(RNS) Reducing abortion as much as possible is a universal goal with broad consensus about how to achieve it.
Pope Francis rips ‘bloodsucking’ bosses and prosperity theology
By David Gibson — May 19, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff said employers who deny benefits and exploit workers "are living on the blood of the people. And this is a mortal sin."
Sanders: Pope Francis is a socialist like me
By David Gibson — February 22, 2016
(RNS) In a new interview, the insurgent Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders continues to wrap himself in the pontiff’s mantle. But does that mean Catholics can “feel the Bern” in the voting booth?
Vatican urges World Trade Organization to remember the poor
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 18, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Clergy and protesters worry that tariff-cutting efforts disproportionately benefit rich countries.
Prayer shamers get both prayer and policy wrong (COMMENTARY)
By Jennifer A. Marshall — December 9, 2015
(RNS) Debate has been the missing element time and again on a range of issues, from gun control and poverty to climate change.
Why battling climate change requires a spiritual rebirth (COMMENTARY)
By Matthew Fox — November 30, 2015
(RNS) Solutions must come from the Paris conference but they also must come from rapid education and change of values, from what the gospels call “metanoia” or change of consciousness.
The ‘Splainer: Linking human trafficking, climate change and God
By Kimberly Winston — July 20, 2015
(RNS) The Vatican hosts two conferences on human trafficking and climate change this week, inviting many U.S. mayors to the event. What do human trafficking and climate change have to do with each other and with religion? Let us 'Splain . . . .
‘Pope of the Poor’ Francis apologizes for overlooking middle class woes
By Reuters — July 13, 2015
Looking ahead to his U.S. trip, the pontiff acknowledged overlooking the problems of the middle class and said he was willing to have a dialogue with Americans who disagree with his criticism of capitalism.
Pope Francis’ South America tour slammed the ‘idolatry of money’
By Reuters — July 13, 2015
ASUNCION (Reuters) He appealed to world leaders to seek a new economic model to help the destitute, and to shun policies that "sacrifice human lives on the altar of money and profit."
