2009-06-28 18:50:40

Looking Ahead to the G8 Summit


(28 June 09 - RV) In one weeks time the leaders of the worlds most industrialised nations, known as the Group of 8 will meet in L’Aquila in Italy for a 2 day summit.
One of the most pressing issues under discussion will be resolving the current economic crisis.
In an open letter to G8 leaders bishops from these nations asked them to stand by their commitments to halve global poverty by 2015.
Also tomorrow Pope Benedict XVI is set to sign his third encyclical which he revealed will discuss Catholic social teaching, touching on issues such as poverty, peace, and wars
Antonio Martelli is professor of business economics at Bocconi University in Milan...
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