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A Catholic Layman’s Appeal to Overcome Global Poverty

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COMMENTARY: James’ Norris’ 1964 address to the Second Vatican Council delegates is still valid today, especially marking World Day of the Poor.

I keep in my desk drawer a cherished remembrance of my baptism. It is the thin gold necklace and medallion of the Blessed Mother that was given to me by a former archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle. Years earlier, the same Cardinal O’Boyle who baptized me had married my parents, James and Amanda Norris, in the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

My parents carefully preserved my precious baptismal gift from Cardinal O’Boyle in its original envelope, including the cardinal’s visiting card and his beautifully inscribed message to the new Norris baby.

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The last 30 years have seen dramatic reductions in global poverty, spurred by strong catch-up growth in developing countries, especially in Asia. By 2015, some 729 million people, 10% of the population, lived under the $1.90 a day poverty line, greatly exceeding the Millennium Development Goal target of halving poverty. The evolution of global poverty, 1990-2030.

Historically this is unprecedented.
 
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