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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.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Vatican Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:58:17 -0500 The political Pope Francis can’t help but make it personal /francisintheusa/item/21007-the-political-pope-francis-can-t-help-but-make-it-personal /francisintheusa/item/21007-the-political-pope-francis-can-t-help-but-make-it-personal

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

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Francis in America Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:29:48 -0400