1 in 6 Americans are living at or below the poverty line, 1 in 5 children. What does that mean? Here’s the new video from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the anti-poverty campaign of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Please take a look at the video and pass it on. We all need to spend more time understanding the reality of Poverty in America if we have any hope of fighting and breaking the cycle of poverty.

Poverty USA
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What’s life like at the poverty line? It’s one impossible choice after another—between food and medicine, getting to work or paying the heating bill. But there are ways out.