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  • Rich families could sponsor poor ones, says Pope

    06/03/2012 6:01:24 AM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 68 replies
    Yahoo News - Canada ^ | 2 June 2012
    Families from rich countries could sponsor families from poor ones, Pope Benedict XVI suggested Saturday at a gathering of around 350,000 people at a park just north of Milan. The pope was speaking at the latest event in a three-day visit to Milan, part of the Church-sponsored World Meeting of Families, a relaxed and festive setting that has been a welcome distraction from recent crises at the Vatican. Speaking without notes before an enthusiastic crowd at the Bresso park, the pope proposed a new twist to the system under which cities in different countries "twin" with each other. His suggestion...