The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace will launch the Wave of Prayer, marking the start of Caritas Internationalis' anti-hunger campaign with the theme "One human family, food for all." D&P, a Canadian member of Caritas, will use this slogan and theme for its 2014 Lenten fundraising campaign. Schools and parishes will join D&P in their efforts.

The Wave of Prayer begins at noon in Samoa in the South Pacific and continues through every time zone worldwide. A Google map will display where prayers are taking place in Canada and in other countries.

Pope Francis is also expected to release a special video message and to bless the Caritas campaign.

According to a press release, Caritas president Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga says there is enough food to feed the planet and it is possible to end world hunger by 2025.

Caritas, a federation of 164 Catholic development and relief organizations, calls for governments to guarantee a right to food in their national laws in order to aid in the right for all people to be free from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition.

For over 45 years, D&P has supported organizations in the Global South in improving food security and to fight for policies that favour local food production.

For more information, visit www.devp.org.