“The Lord hears the cry of the poor” is the psalmist’s plaintive and memorable refrain this Sunday. The question is will we here on earth hear their cry in time to drastically slow the pace of global warming?

“We all have to think if we can become a little poorer, all of us have to do this. How can I become a little poorer in order to be more like Jesus, who was the poor Teacher?”

The number of hungry people in the world exceeds the populations of the United States, Canada, and the E.U. nations combined.