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Dicastery for Integral Human Development issues message for World Sight Day
October 11, 2017
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CWN Editor's Note: A message from the Vatican’s dicastery for Integral Human Development, signed by Cardinal Peter Turkson, notes that 90% of the people suffering from blindness live in impoverished countries, and 80% of their cases may be curable. The statement calls for international action to provide help for the blind.
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