Great Britain Fasting and Praying for the Poor

(19 Sept 08 - RV) The current economic turmoil global and food crisis are threatening to scuttle U.N. goals to halve extreme poverty around the world by 2015


In England, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor called for a day of prayer and fasting ahead of next week’s United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, which aims to set out concrete plans and practical steps for action.


Cardinal O’ Connor says despite the current credit crunch world leaders cannot renege on their promises to help the world’s poor: