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Cry of the Poor |
"How can it be that even today there are still people dying of hunger? Condemned to illiteracy? Lacking the most basic medical care? Without a roof over their heads? . . .
"Christians must learn to make their act of faith in Christ by discerning His voice in the cry for help that rises from this world of poverty."
Pope John Paul II
Novo Millennio Ineunte, no. 50
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 'Poverty of imagination' hinders efforts to end real poverty |
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Item submitted by Unregistered on Mon 5 Jul 2004 - 14:06 h |
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UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- The Vatican said June 29 that overcoming world poverty is hindered by "a certain poverty of imagination among the more fortunate peoples of the world."
Addressing the U.N. Economic and Social Council, or ECOSOC, during its session on least-developed countries, the Vatican also blamed "the vicious cycle of material poverty" in those countries, but also a lack of empathy on the part of others and "an inability at times to recognize the common humanity" of all of the world's people.
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