Pope slams ‘collective failure’ of world hunger

AFP | Rome

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Pope Leo XIV yesterday condemned the world’s failure to stop millions of people from going hungry, blaming a “soulless economy” and calling on others to rethink their lifestyles and priorities.

“Allowing millions of human beings to live - and die - victims of hunger is a collective failure, an ethical aberration, a historical sin,” Leo said in a speech at the Rome-based UN agricultural agency.

“The scourge of hunger... continues to atrociously plague a significant portion of humanity,” he said, a day after the United Nations warned global hunger “is at record levels”.

The crisis was “a clear sign of a prevailing insensitivity, a soulless economy”, he said.