Stating that “poverty is the greatest challenge facing our world today,” a leading Vatican diplomat said that “one of the most destructive consequences of poverty is hunger and malnutrition.”
“It is essential that the international community places human dignity at the center of its work,” Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, said during a recent UN committee discussion. “This means translating commitments on poverty eradication and food security into the political will and allocate the resources needed to reach those most in need.”