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He cited the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948 as an example of American and Western European reliance on narrow assumptions which fail to take into account conditions special to the African continent.
So does this underground Trailways. Last year its buses delivered low rates and lots of laughs to more than 1,000 coast-to-coast passengers. The prototype was a VW van on the Portland-to-Berkeley run ten years ago. Its success prompted a flock of imitators, which still crisscross...
The Pope had come to Mexico to address the third continent-wide meeting of Latin American bishops and urge a care fully balanced commitment to both spiritual and social goals. The bishops' meeting at Puebla is discussing church strategy in Latin America, where oppressive regimes and desperate poverty abound...
Since the 1968 CELAM session at Medellin, Colombia, where ringing calls for political and economic justice were issued, the continent has been roiled by bitter church-state conflicts. Angry debate raged over priestly activism, and some younger priests and missionaries responded to governmental oppression by embracing Marxist ideas under the...
Whatever social policy Pope John Paul will pursue during his reign, that eloquent and emotional passage makes it clear that the Pontiff, who described himself before beginning his Latin American journey as a "traveler of peace and hope," knows well the problems that his church faces in the troubled continent...