THE most serious human and environmental challenge today continues to be the presence of poverty caused by the wants of the few having priority over the needs of the many, regardless of their species.
So serious is this issue of disparity that every international and national gathering has it as one of its meeting agenda items.
So serious is the impact of poverty on the environment that every environmental effort takes into account the economic and social dimension of sustainability.
And so serious is the reality of poverty that every faith tradition, including ours, focuses our attention on the most marginalised and vulnerable people as a way to live out the teachings of the scriptures.
This reality, the extreme suffering, pain, anguish and injustice rendered by some humans on their sisters and brothers and all of God’s creation clearly breaks our hearts. We should all look for ways to address this situation in our world.