ENCYCLICAL FEEDBACK: Dominican Father Robert Ombres reflects on the
contents of Pope Benedict's newest encyclical and predicts its message will be a valuable
resource at the upcoming Synod of Bishops for Africa...... CONGO RAPE EPIDEMIC:
As Church leaders renew their appeal to the government to end the systematic violence
against women in the DR Congo we hear first hand testimony from a member of the CAFOD
development agency about the brutality meted out to so many women there... SOMALIA
DANGERS: UN aid workers pledge to carry on their work in Somalia to feed over
3 million hungry people despite threats and looting by militants.... IRAQIS
DARE TO HOPE: The Latin-Rite Archbishop of Baghdad, Jean Sleiman, talks to
us about his hopes for the future amid the continuing problems facing the nation......