Post-pandemic world - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 11 May 2020 06:28:59 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Post-pandemic world - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Global action needed to alleviate hunger crisis, Caritas says https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/05/11/caritas-pandemic-starvation/ Mon, 11 May 2020 07:51:16 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=126806 Economic stagnation, ongoing sanctions, food shortages and reduced funding all risk making life in a post-pandemic world more dangerous and deadly than the coronavirus itself, said the Vatican-based international network of Catholic charities. "Unfortunately, the aftershock of the pandemic" is proving to be "even more complicated and more deadly than the impact of the virus Read more

Global action needed to alleviate hunger crisis, Caritas says... Read more]]> Economic stagnation, ongoing sanctions, food shortages and reduced funding all risk making life in a post-pandemic world more dangerous and deadly than the coronavirus itself, said the Vatican-based international network of Catholic charities.

"Unfortunately, the aftershock of the pandemic" is proving to be "even more complicated and more deadly than the impact of the virus itself, especially for the most vulnerable communities in the poorest countries," Caritas Internationalis said in a statement May 6.

It urged the international community and donor countries "to take courageous and immediate action" or else millions of vulnerable people will face worsening malnutrition or starvation. Read more

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