Tag: Poverty
Survey says 30% of Filipinos claim quality of life got better...
Up to 29 percent of the survey’s respondents, however, said their quality of life got worse, while 41% said it was the same
Street life: Manila’s homeless find shelter in pushcarts
Many have come from the provinces in search of work that did not materialize or were forced from their homes by domestic abuse
‘Synodal way’ of the Church of the poor
The Church must not fail, to embrace human suffering as its own, as Jesus did, assuming humanity as integral in his incarnation
Governments worldwide, including Philippines, fueled ‘inequality explosion’ during pandemic
The country’s performance under “Reducing inequality through progressive spending” dropped from a rank of 99 in 2020 to 106 this year
Survey says 12.2M Filipino families felt ‘poor’ in second quarter of...
The figure points to an increase from the 10.9 million Filipino families who felt “poor” during the first quarter of the year
Coveting wealth and possessions can blind us to the ‘true goods...
“What is covetousness? It is the unbridled greed for possessions, always desiring to be rich,” the pope said
Tanging pabaon
Oo, magpakaligaya dito sa mundo pero sa paraang hindi nakalilimot na ang lahat ng meron tayo ay lilipas, pati sariling buhay natin
Mag-ingat sa kasakiman
Iwasan natin na tayo ay maging mayaman para sa sarili lamang at dukha naman sa paningin ng Diyos
Fighting the oppression of real poverty
Real poverty is caused by the desire of one to hoard “meaningless” earthly advantages, at the expense and to the disadvantage of another
Pope Francis: The poor suffer the most from heat waves, drought
In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the pope said that it is “the poorest among us who are crying out”