Pope: Food disaster

ROME: Pope Francis condemned unfair access to food around the world as “perverse” on Thursday, saying it threatened disaster for humanity if not remedied.

“Few have too much and many have little,” he said. “Many do not have food and are adrift, while the few are drowning in the superfluous. This perverse tendency of inequality is disastrous for the future of humanity.” He added that it was “paradoxical” that many of those suffering hunger and malnutrition lived in rural areas, where most food is produced.