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Five men ordained permanent deacons for Archdiocese Five men were ordained permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in a rite at St. Mary’s Cathedral on June 29. Pictured with Archbishop George H. Niederauer who had ordained them a short time earlier are, from left, Deacons Wilfredo E. Sevilla, Richard Grant, Rafeal E. Brown, Michael F. Curran and Rawdan (Simon) S-Kai Tsui. The new deacons’ assignments are noted on page 7. See additional coverage on pages 8 and 9.
Pope urges Group of Eight to put needs of poor at forefront CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI urged world leaders from the Group of Eight to put the needs of the poor and weak at the forefront of their discussions. “Speculation and financial turbulence and their perverse effects on food and energy prices” have increased the vulnerability of the world’s poor and disadvantaged, he said after praying the Angelus July 6 with pilgrims gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence south of Rome. The pope’s appeal came the day before leaders of the world’s most industrialized nations began their annual meeting, held this year July ‘ … put the needs of the weakest and 7-9 in Toyako, Japan. The G-8 includes Russia, Canada, France, poorest at the center of deliberations’ Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Talks this year were to focus on the rising – Pope Benedict XVI costs of food and fuel, the world economy, development in Africa and global warming, as well as establishing a framework for fair greenhouse gas In June, the bishops – including the president of the U.S. emissions targets. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Chicago Cardinal Francis E. The pope said he was adding his voice to the “urgent George – called upon the presidents of the convening countries appeal” set forth by the presidents of bishops’ conferences to honor their commitments to reduce global poverty and associated with the G-8. address climate change.
The pope said he, too, would like to see G-8 leaders focus their deliberations on following through on the commitments they made at earlier G-8 meetings. The pope’s challenge echoed deliberations of the Point7Now! conferences held in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said George Wesolek, director of the Archdiocese’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns. “Thank God that the world has the voice of Pope Benedict to speak for the voiceless poor to the members of the G-8. Our archdiocesan Point7Now! Campaign has raised the awareness of many in the Archdiocese to the plight of the world’s poorest and many people have responded. When we realize we are the same family as these poor, that we belong to each other, then we cannot let their misery go unattended. The pope sends that same message to the most powerful leaders on our planet.” The pope asked world leaders to “courageously adopt all measures necessary to beat the scourge of extreme poverty, hunger, disease (and) illiteracy that still affects a large part of humanity.” The pope appealed to participants to “put the needs of the weakest and poorest at the center of their deliberations.”
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