AFRICAN FAREWELL - Pope Benedict XVI wraps up a seven day pilgrimage
to Africa calling on regional leaders to make the fundamental aspirations of the most
needy people their main concern... THE RIGHT TO WATER - Ministers
and heads of delegations at the 5th World Water Forum fail to agree that
safe drinking water is a human right. We hear of the Holy See’s position in that regard...
OVERCOMING PREJUDICE - Film critic Peter Malone tells us of the plight
of one lone, illegal migrant, and of the moving story of a Muslim Father and a Christian
Mother searching for their children... US AND THEM - A Lenten reflection
by Benedictine Abbott Timothy Wright encourages us to reach out to the other…