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Aug 1, 2011
Pope urges end to 'indifference' over Somalia famine
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CASTEL GANDOLFO (Italy) - THE POPE on Sunday urged the world not to be 'indifferent' to the Horn of Africa famine, as the African Union prepares to host a donors conference for victims on August 9.
Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the suffering of millions in the region hit by its worst drought in decades in an address to hundreds of pilgrims at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, just outside Rome.
'We must not be indifferent to the tragedy of the hungry and the thirsty,' the pontiff said following the weekly Angelus prayer. 'Many brothers and sisters in the Horn of Africa are suffering these days from the dramatic consequences of the famine, aggravated by war and the lack of stable institutions,' he said, calling for 'compassion' and 'fraternal solidarity'.
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http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_697059.html
Pope urges end to 'indifference' over Somalia famine
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CASTEL GANDOLFO (Italy) - THE POPE on Sunday urged the world not to be 'indifferent' to the Horn of Africa famine, as the African Union prepares to host a donors conference for victims on August 9.
Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the suffering of millions in the region hit by its worst drought in decades in an address to hundreds of pilgrims at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, just outside Rome.
'We must not be indifferent to the tragedy of the hungry and the thirsty,' the pontiff said following the weekly Angelus prayer. 'Many brothers and sisters in the Horn of Africa are suffering these days from the dramatic consequences of the famine, aggravated by war and the lack of stable institutions,' he said, calling for 'compassion' and 'fraternal solidarity'.
More..
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_697059.html