Pope urges action on climate, conflicts to end global hunger

Food security for all requires tackling climate change and ending conflicts, His Holiness, Pope Francis, stressed Monday (Tuesday in Manila) at an official ceremony for World Food Day held at the Rome headquarters of the United Nations agriculture agency.

“It is clear that wars and climatic change are a cause of hunger, so let’s not present it as if hunger is an incurable disease,” the Pontiff said during his key note address marking the Day at headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).