The economic crisis weighing down on Europe has caused staggeringly high unemployment rates, resulting in some families losing part or all of their income. People who never had trouble making ends meet, now find they need help feeding their families. At the same time many people who used to donate faithfully to aid agencies, have ...read more

The current economic crisis was caused by a series of failures, chief among them is a failure of ethics, according to the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences. The president of the Vatican’s Social Sciences Academy, Mary Ann Glendon, said during the course of the Academy’s plenary session members heard from those working in various sectors ...read more