African students in Rome
to show thanks to the Pope
at the Angelus on Sunday
VATICAN CITY , March 25 (Translated from ANSA) - Representatives of African students in Rome have announced they will demonstrate before the noontime Angelus on Sunday, March 28, at St. Peter's Square to show gratitude and solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI both for his message to Africa as well as his statements on the battle against AIDS.
According to flyers that they left at the Vatican press office, their purpose is to "shout out our NO to speculation in Africa, NO to the instrumentalization of the Pope's statements on Africa, NO to those who wish to Make Africa a principal market for condoms, YES to effective treatments for AIDS in Africa, YES to education".
Their manifesto is also directed at the international community whom they ask to show 'absolute priority' in helping the continent meet its needs for "food, water,energy, medical care, stable family incomes, a commercial system that facilitates exportation of African products and not merely of raw materials, the development of African resources for teh benefit of Africans themselves rather than simply a 'looting' of their primary resources."
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 25/03/2009 14:51]