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Pope calls for end to global food crisis
Pope Benedict urged the international community to take greater measures to end the global food crisis that may force millions more into hunger.
- Agencies
- Published: 16:34 May 25, 2008
Vatican City: Pope Benedict urged the international community to take greater measures to end the global food crisis that may force millions more into hunger.
"This problem is getting more and more serious and the international community is struggling to resolve it," the pontiff said during his regular Angelus address to pilgrims at St. Peter's Square in Rome.
Speaking to his followers he said, "Whoever is nourished by the bread of Christ cannot remain indifferent before those who, in our times too, are deprived of daily bread."
The German-born religious leader's remarks come as the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation prepares to host a summit in Rome on June 3-5 to discuss the escalating crisis.
Record-high commodity prices, which have doubled cost of food imports of the poorest countries in the past two years remains high on the agenda.
The summit will also discuss the impact on food security of climate change and biofuel use, which has switched millions of tonnes of cereals from food to fuel production.
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