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Food security a moral issue, says bishop at Iowa Hunger Summit

Thursday, November 6, 2014 12:05
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace called food security a moral issue during a keynote address Oct. 14 at the Iowa Hunger Summit.

“Food security and the relationship between food and peace are moral issues,” said Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, speaking in his own diocese. “In our Christian tradition, we believe that lifting people out of poverty and feeding the hungry are serving Jesus in disguise.”

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