{"id":173,"date":"2026-09-13T00:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T00:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2026-09-13T00:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T00:42:20","slug":"florida-priest-faces-more-than-500000-in-fines-for-feeding-the-homeless-but-he-refuses-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Florida Priest Faces More Than $500,000 in Fines for Feeding the Homeless \u2014 But He Refuses to Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 36 years, a Florida priest has made helping people in need part of his life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Father Bob Caudill has continued feeding homeless people in his community despite a long-running dispute with the city and fines that have reportedly grown to more than $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict began after the city rezoned the area where the meals were being provided in 2014. Since then, the fines have continued to accumulate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>But Caudill says the penalties will not change what he believes is his responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>For him, feeding someone who is hungry is more important than the money involved.<\/p>\n<p>His story has sparked a larger conversation about homelessness, compassion and how communities should respond when people are struggling.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of serving those in need, Caudill says he has no intention of stopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>For many people, the story is a reminder that sometimes helping others comes with a cost \u2014 but compassion can be worth far more than money.\u00a0&#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 36 years, a Florida priest has made helping people in need part of his life. Father Bob Caudill has continued feeding homeless people in his&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}