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Aid for poor assured
National Catholic Reporter, March 7, 2008
The head of Misereor, a German church aid agency, has assured Indian Catholic bishops it will continue to support pro-poor programs in their country.
Msgr. Josef Sayer alerted the Indian prelates Feb. 18 during their biennial assembly that many German people now view Indians as competitors, in view of the country's economic boom.
However, Sayer said his agency is aware that 52 percent of Indians still live under the poverty line or subsist on the equivalent of less than $1 a day. "Only 10 percent of Indians have become rich, and they give their country a shining image," he said.
--UCA News
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