Despite Pope Francis’s wishes, there’s little appetite for richer nations to help the poorest | Heather Stewart in Washington

Pope Francis’s vast funeral in Rome on Saturday featured a certain amount of politicking amid the splendour, against the magnificent backdrop of St Peter’s basilica. If the meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump results in progress towards a less inequitable peace than the one currently envisaged by the US, perhaps that will be fitting,…

Unpacking the credit mechanics of infrastructure debt | Insights | Macquarie Asset Management

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Turn Debt into Hope | Act Now

Why our leaders need to act on debt relief In his invitation letter to mark the 2025 Jubilee, Spes Non Confundit (“Hope does not disappoint,” Rom 5:5), Pope Francis reminds us that “hope should be granted to the billions of the poor who often lack the essentials of life” and that “the goods of the…