Literacy and integral human development 

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI  “Lack of education is as serious as lack of food; the illiterate person is a starved spirit” (Pope Paul VI, Populorum Progressio, n.35, 1967).  On Saturday, September 8, the world observed International Literacy Day. It is estimated that there are more than 800 million illiterate persons in […]