DAILY CATHOLIC THURSDAY May 20, 1999 vol. 10, no. 98
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VATICAN ASKS WEALTHY COUNTRIES TO SHARE RESOURCESVATICAN (CWNews.com) -- The Holy See has called upon the world's affluent nations to devote more resources to helping the poor, and less to providing the developing nations with armaments.
Msgr. Alois Wagner, a Vatican representative at the UN's Food and
Agriculture Organization, made that plea at an annual meeting of the group's
executive committee, which is opening this week in Rome. Msgr. Wagner said
that wealthy countries should share "their riches and their economic
capacities" with the developing world, adopting "a new international social
structure" which would encourage economic growth in the Third World. He
observed that the most affluent nations are currently involved in efforts to
ship advanced weaponry to poor countries, and argued that those resources
could better be devoted to easing the countries' financial difficulties.
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