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Pope: 'Hunger the acute problem'
At St. Vincent's church, 'Medina, last Saturday, Jesuit Father Michael McSIIANE receives congratulations on his ordination to the priesthood from Father Pat O'REILLY who was master of ceremonies for the Mass
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ROME (NC) Hunger is the "gravest and most acute" problem in the orld, Pope John Paull! told 1.500 delegates to the general convention of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as
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needy countries. Rome was the first time a countries of the world." pope has addressed the The FAO "has every reason "Indeed the time ofillusion, organization's general to be proud of exercising a is over when one might convention, its highest policy specialized activity that is believe in automaticall3 and legislative body. The irreplaceable in the frame- solving the problems of group represents 146 work of the family' of the underdevelopment and the United Nations." said the differences in growth rates nations between various countries b3 "Millions of persons are pope. threatened in their very "It is responsible indeed for exporting the industrial existence," the pope said. the sector that can be models and ideologies of the "Many are dying every day considered the most import- developed countries," he because they do not have the ant of the world economy, said. minimum of neessary agriculture, which supplies "'The time is user when one the food required by the sought to guarantee the right nourishment." "The hunger in the world world and gives jobs to 50 of all to food by progams of does not always come only percent of the world aid realized thanks to the gift of surpluses or to programs from geographical, climatic population," he added. or unfavorable agricultural But it is also "a sector too of emergency aid in circumstances," said the long held apart from the exceptional cases," he added. He called for "further pope, speaking in French. progess of the levels of life, a It also comes "from man sector which the swift and readjustment of the criteria of from deficiencies socio-cultural and models of development," himself profound social organization that changes of our times touch saying that these should "aim hamper personal initiative" upon in a particularly to satisfy the real human and from "the terror and sorrowful way, laying bare needs" rather than the oppression of inhuman the injustices inherited from political or economic power ideological and practical the past, destabilizing men, struggles among more families and societies, developed nations. systems." The pope noted that the The pope praised the work exacerbating frustrations, of the 34 -year -old inter forcing migrations that are Holy See has had a governamental organization, often immense and chaotic," permanent observer at the FAOsince 1948. He said that which predatesthe formation he said. The pope rejected programs this role, which gives the of the United Nations. Because of its response to a limited to emergency and Vatican the right to universal concern and its surplus food aid as insuffic- participate in meetings and large membership, he said, ient, and at the same time take the floor upon request the FAO is able to "engage in opposed the idea of imposing but not to vote,
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