Video: Pope Francis on Lent & hunger

March 21, 2014LauraStories

On the First Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis encouraged an audience in St. Peter’s Square to participate in Caritas Internationalis’ Food for All campaign. Watch this one-minute video to hear his remarks (translation provided).

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
The Beatitudes
Give us this day, our daily bread.
The Our Father
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between the affluent and those who must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table.
Pope Francis
I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat.
Matthew 25:35
As Caritas we are one human family and we cannot let one member of that family go hungry.
Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga
Caritas president
There is enough food to feed the planet. We believe that with your help, we can end hunger by 2025.
Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga
Caritas president