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Church in the WorldChaldean envoy lashes out at USIraq Ellen Teague - 19 April 2008Lack of American government planning for Iraq and a weak Iraqi Government are behind the huge numbers of Iraqis fleeing the country, according to the Chaldean Catholic Church's representative to the Vatican, writes Ellen Teague. "The US and coalition troops are not showing they have any strategy for the future of this country," Mgr Philip Najim told the news agency of the Italian Bishops' Conference last week, ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States. He said that inadequate schools, hospitals, transport and other services were worrying Iraqis and, in the face of ongoing violence, "the Iraqi Government is unable to guarantee security and respect human dignity". He challenged the US-led coalition and Iraqi leaders to account for expenditure of oil income. The haemorrhaging of more than two million people from Iraq in the last five years includes a high percentage of Christians repeatedly targeted in sectarian violence. Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said last week that the papal visit to the US should "absolutely not" be seen as support of President George W. Bush and his stance on Iraq. |
 In this week’s issueMaking markets moral Iron and velvet Love in a Catholic climate Someone to talk to A good Lent takes planning South American surprise Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms? Elena Curti Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools? Christopher Lamb Goodwin the scapegoat Elena Curti The pain of being a coeliac Catholic Sr M, guest contributor The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse Speeches from this week's conference in Rome This week in Rome bishops and religious superiors met at the first Vatican-backed symposium devoted to forging a global response to the crisis of clerical sexual abuse that has disgraced ... Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...
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