World Hunger is a Collective Failure, Says Pope
Pope Leo XIV spoke on World Food Day, deploring the fact that despite advancements in technology, medicine, agriculture, and transportation, many people suffer from hunger.
According to the Pope, 673 million people go to bed hungry each night, and 2.3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
Allowing millions of human beings to live — and die — as victims of hunger is a collective failure, an ethical aberration, a historical fault.
The Pope addressed world leaders and government representatives at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome, marking World Food Day and the 80th anniversary of FAO's establishment.
The Pope emphasized that the FAO statistics represent more than just numbers, stating that
behind each of these numbers is a broken life, a vulnerable community.
Author's summary: Pope Leo XIV condemns world hunger as a collective failure.