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World hunger is ‘collective failure,’ pope says on World Food Day

World hunger is ‘collective failure,’ pope says on World Food Day

Thursday, October 16, 2025
In his speech, Pope Leo decried the fact that while humanity has made huge advances in technology, medicine, agriculture and transportation, 673 million people go to bed hungry each night, and 2.3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. The post World hunger is ‘collective failure,’ pope says on World Food Day first appeared on OSV News.