The increasing number of people facing food insecurity in Brazil prompted the nation’s bishops to focus on “Fraternity and Hunger” during its 2023 Fraternity Campaign this Lent.
Brazil’s bishops conference launches campaign to aid country’s 33.1 million going hungry
Social ministry ‘fundamentally a work of faith,’ cardinal says
The Mass celebrated by Cardinal Wilton Gregory came on the final day of the Jan. 28-31 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. The meeting addressed workers’ rights, migrants and refugees, housing inequities, hunger and food insecurity, poverty, climate change, systemic racism, gun violence, restorative justice, abortion, domestic violence, and “pro-woman and pro-family policies.”
Rural Life Initiative offers new, virtual ‘Conversations of Hope’ series
The hour-long sessions held monthly incorporate prayer, community conversation and resource-sharing.