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Poorer economies are buckling beneath debt obligations to London banks

March 10, 2021

The increasing financial pressure brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted a flurry of borrowing in countries across the world. As questions arise about he viability of the spending spree in the developed world, poorer countries are buckling beneath the pressure of debt obligations to private lenders.

British companies driving poorer countries’ debt crisis, says charity

February 22, 2021

British charity The Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC) found that 30% of the poorest countries privately owed debts, not including bonds, are owned by firms based in the UK.

Debtors need our help

August 18, 2016

What practical measures can the Church take to help those who cannot pay their bills, and whose only recourse is to loan sharks or crime?

Greece’s economic disaster should make us question the morality of debt

February 09, 2015

Debt is a major moral issue, though one that has not received enough attention, given that the economic crisis we have been living through since 2008

Seven Catholic bishops call for ‘far-reaching’ reform of global economy

January 24, 2013

English bishops back call by lobby group for 'unjust debts' to be cancelled

Europe’s leaders are acting like the hapless ministers of pre-Revolution France

November 01, 2011

And when the inevitable finally comes, the Greeks who suffer most will be the least guilty

Church must clear Government debt by April at latest

October 27, 2010

Church in Britain must pay the Government back for its share of the papal visit costs by the end of the financial year

Church faces £3.5 million shortfall from papal visit

October 15, 2010

The exact cost is not yet known but estimates suggest the Church in Britain is still several million short