“The biggest challenge is the sheer volume of people,” says Tony Hall, former US ambassador to the UN World Food Program. Every day an estimated 1,500 malnourished refugees cross the Somalia-Kenya border to escape Somalia’s widening famine. More →

August 12, 2011

An interfaith coalition is launching a prayer and fasting campaign to protect federal funding for programs that help the poor. More →

March 28, 2011

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Pope Benedict XVI began his Middle East visit in Jordan, met by its king and queen. He said he hoped the spiritual power of the Catholic Church could help bring about peace between Israelis and Palestinians. … More →

May 8, 2009

In an extended conversation, former congressman and ambassador Tony Hall suggests that nations haven’t developed the political and spiritual will to confront the alarming global food crisis because “poor people don’t vote.” He says people of faith and all voters … More →

May 30, 2008