Pope says world must help South Asia flood victims
Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:57PM IST
ASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Sunday urged the international community to provide prompt assistance to the millions of people displaced by South Asia's worst flooding in decades.
ASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Sunday urged the international community to provide prompt assistance to the millions of people displaced by South Asia's worst flooding in decades.
The Pope also prayed for the hundreds who have died.
"May there not be a lack of immediate and generous support from the international community to these brothers and sisters of ours," the Pope said, addressing crowds gathered at his summer residence outside Rome.
Survivors of the disaster complain that help has yet to reach them, while local politicians and officials have been caught stealing meagre stocks of food.
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