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February 7, 2017

Vatican's U.N. nuncio urges action on poverty that moves beyond economics

Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, says solutions to poverty has to be more than just about economics. They also have to include social, personal and environmental factors.

UNITED NATIONS – Saying poverty is the greatest challenge facing humanity, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations called on nations to seek solutions to poverty not only based on economics but to also address personal, social and environmental factors that contribute to it.

Published in Vatican
October 1, 2015

The political Pope Francis can’t help but make it personal

Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress as Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Speaker of the House John Boehner look on in the House of Representatives Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 24.

PHILADELPHIA - In the 1970s feminist writers had a slogan they wanted to share with the world: “The personal is political.”

Published in Francis in America