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blame the Pope (again)

By Diogenes ( articles ) | May 01, 2009

 The World Bank admits that its programs to fight AIDS in Africa are mostly failures. Moreover the resources devoted to those failed efforts have crowded out support for other health programs, leaving Africans worse off than ever.

Now if Pope Benedict would just stop talking about AIDS, and let the World Bank experts do their work, we might see the same results in other regions, too.

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Fri9 January
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Friday after Epiphany

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We continue our celebration of the Christmas season, with the Church focusing on aspects of the Epiphany. The Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Pauline-Marie Jaricot (1799-1862). In 1818 a young French lay woman, Pauline Marie Jaricot, founded the Association for the Propagation of…

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