It������Ƶapp a hungry world and COVID has only sharpened those hunger pangs.

A new cookbook inspired by the memories of a grandmother������Ƶapp love, courage and faith is helping to feed hungry Canadians one dish at a time.

VATICAN CITY - Repeating a call first made by St. Paul VI, Pope Francis urged a global move to divert money from national military spending and use it to "definitely defeat hunger."

Sheri McConnell has no doubt some divine intervention was involved in her taking on the role of executive director of Mary������Ƶapp Meals Canada in March.

VATICAN CITY - God does not play favorites, but human beings do in little ways at school and in big ways with the global economy, Pope Francis told students from Milan's Istituto San Carlo, a school with students from prekindergarten through high school.

“The poor you will always have with you.” Prophetic words of Jesus 2,000 years ago. 

There already were a few children in line making a bowl of cereal or waiting for the toaster to pop when Jazmin Torres burst through the basement doors at 7:42 a.m. St. Paul������Ƶapp Basilica in the Corktown neighbourhood of East Toronto.

It������Ƶapp harvest time across Canada, and the back-breaking labour on some farms will be supporting people around the world with emergency food supplies and long-term food security.