ABSTRACT
Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG1), with the wording “End poverty in all its forms everywhere,” is the first of a long list of 17 goals indicated in Resolution 70/01. The message of this goal is very optimistic. Moreover, the following statement is used: “We are determined to end poverty and hunger in all their forms and dimensions”. In spite of the great commitment of the Catholic Church and lay people as well as enormous effort and financial resources, the implementation of the “Church of the Poor” formula and the human promotion imperative has not yet produced fully satisfactory results. Therefore, the concept conveyed by SDG1, especially in relation to sustainable development, does not seem to be unattainable, all the more within one decade. In SDG1, the international community assumes the fight against poverty with respect to sustainable development. In a broader sense, SDG1 refers to social policy.
