Sudan: Officials find $130 million in home of Omar al-Bashir, corrupt former President ‘was hording a fortune’ while people starved
Omar al-Bashir Sudanese authorities have seized nearly 130 million dollars from the private home of Omar al-Bashir. The funds have been taken to the Sudanese treasury and returned to the country. The authorities More...
State Department issues statement on Cuban democratic activist Tomas Nunez Magdariaga, his hunger strike
The United States is gravely concerned about the physical health of Cuban democratic activist Tomas Nunez Magdariaga, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days in protest against his wrongful imprisonment. More...
Newsbusters: Media ‘reluctant’ to call collapsing Venezuela ‘socialist’
Media watchdog Newsbusters took aim at the press over their avoidance of the “S-word”: socialism. “As Venezuela plunges deeper into humanitarian crisis, the broadcast and cable networks barely More...
Four Ways Larger Churches Are Helping the World to Be a Better Place
There are churches of many different sizes throughout the world. Larger churches can often make a huge impact on their community and the world as a whole though. Many people do not realize how much of an impact More...
World Hunger Has Decreased, But Economists Say It’s Not Enough
According to economists, 25 developing countries have met an ambitious goal, set by the U.N., to cut their number of undernourished citizens by half. The number of chronically undernourished people in the world, More...
Pope Francis Christmas Message: end suffering, be compassionate, reject selfishness
Pope Francis wants to bring hope to Christians and other ethnic and religious groups suffering “brutal persecution” in Iraq and Syria. The Pope used his Christmas Day blessing, “Urbi et Orbi,” More...
New Survey: Most Americans don’t think global poverty can be overcome
The war to overcome global poverty is ongoing with some pointing to progress, but Amercians appear pessimistic. Most Americans see no end in sight, according to a survey sponsored by Compassion International. Christians More...
Pope Francis to Help Launch a Global Wave of Prayer to End World Hunger
PRESS RELEASE: Pope Francis will help launch a global wave of prayer to end world hunger, which affects 842 million people. Pope Francis I March 2013 photo by Casa Rosada via wikipedia At noon local time, a global More...
Pope Francis addresses hunger with the FAO: It’s ‘truly scandalous’ that millions of people are still suffering and dying of starvation
The head of the Roman Catholic Church addressed the Food and Agricultural Agency of the United Nations (FAO) this week in Rome. In front of the audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis thanked the participants in More...
