Caritas Manila welcomes signing of Magna Carta of the Poor 

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 09:33:02 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Caritas Manila, the social action arm of the Archdiocese of Manila, welcomed on Monday the signing of Magna Carta of the Poor.

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Rich pay less, poor pay more for same water quality–UN

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:32:50 +0000

Rich pay less, poor pay more for same water quality–UN

Billions of people worldwide still lack access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation facilities

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Pope Francis warns against nationalism, xenophobia

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:11:31 +0000

Pope Francis warns against nationalism, xenophobia

Pope Francis has warned politicians of the dangers of exploiting nationalism and fear of foreigners in a message released Tuesday.

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Pope to politicians: Unacceptable to blame migrants for evil

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:44:14 +0000

Pope to politicians: Unacceptable to blame migrants for evil

Pope Francis issued his annual peace message and said political speeches that berate migrants and the poor are “unacceptable.”

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Help poor cope with hard times, Duterte urged

Help poor cope with hard times, Duterte urged

A ranking House leader and the chief of the National Anti-Poverty Commission said more Filipino families were in danger of falling below the poverty line due to the steep rise in the cost of living as they called on President Duterte to either suspend or scrap the controversial Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act.

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