Appeal for aid - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:52:24 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Appeal for aid - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope urges action to relieve suffering in Congo https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/12/07/pope-urges-action-to-relieve-suffering-in-congo/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:30:05 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=37540 Pope Benedict XVI has for the second time in two months appealed for the international community to send aid to the suffering people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The eastern part of the African nation is being convulsed by a second wave of violence and spreading hunger, leading the Pope to describe the suffering Read more

Pope urges action to relieve suffering in Congo... Read more]]> Pope Benedict XVI has for the second time in two months appealed for the international community to send aid to the suffering people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The eastern part of the African nation is being convulsed by a second wave of violence and spreading hunger, leading the Pope to describe the suffering in Congo as "worrying news".

"A large part of the population lack the primary means of subsistence and thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes to seek refuge elsewhere," he added.

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