(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: