Cardinal Bo at IEC: Whole world should work to end
poverty
(Vatican Radio) The Papal
legate to the 51st International Eucharist Congress (IEC), Cardinal Charles
Maung Bo, said the divide between rich and poor does not exist because of a
lack of resources, but because of “poor distribution.”
Cardinal Bo, the Archbishop
of Yangon, Myanmar, spoke to Vatican Radio in Cebu, Philippines, during the
IEC, where he
has called for a “World War III against poverty.”
“The whole world and the
whole global people should participate in solving this poverty,” he said.
“The Poor and the Rich are
there, not because we do not have the natural resources, not because there is
not enough food…but because of the poor distribution,” he said.
“There should be a system in
all the religions, and all the Churches, and in all the countries with the
governments … they should set up a system that we have sharing with all the
other people,” Cardinal Bo added, pointing to the leadership provided by Pope
Francis.
The Cardinal also spoke to
Vatican Radio about the political changes happening in Myanmar – also known as
Burma – where Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won
a landslide victory late last year.
The country had been under
military rule for over 50 years, and the November elections have been viewed as
the most important step so far in the transition to democracy.
“Of course, we have to pray
very hard that the transition is very smooth and peaceful because the military
– once you have power for half-a-century – it is difficult for them to hand
over power.” Cardinal Bo said.
“Aung San Suu Kyi herself,
although she won, is trying to compromise [and] have an understanding with the
military so they won’t have a very aggressive, violent movement in the
country,” he continued. “So we have to work very hard on that, so the
transition is smooth.”
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