VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 193   
   DATE 04-11-2014   
      
   Summary:   
   - The Holy See at the United Nations: solidarity to eradicate poverty   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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    The Holy See at the United Nations: solidarity to eradicate poverty   
    Vatican City, 4 November 2014 (VIS) - Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Holy See   
   Permanent Observer at the United Nations in New York, spoke at the 69th   
   Session of the General Assembly held on 23 October, regarding the "Eradication   
   of Poverty".   
    Speaking in English, the nuncio expressed the Holy See delegation's belief   
   that "countries should develop evidence-based policies and strategies to   
   combat extreme poverty, rather than relying on pre-conceived one-size-fits-all   
   solutions. Analyses and suggested solutions need to be based on on-the-ground   
   expertise and lived experience, rather than on imposed ready-made solutions   
   from the outside, which are not always devoid of ideological colourings".   
    He also remarked that sustainable development "requires the participation of   
   all in the life of families, communities, organisations and societies.   
   Participation is the antidote to exclusion, be it social, political, economic   
   or cultural". Another barrier to sustainable development, he noted, is "the   
   exclusion of women from equal and active participation in the development of   
   their communities. Excluding women and girls from education and subjecting   
   them to violence and discrimination violates their inherent dignity and   
   fundamental human rights".   
    "My delegation wishes to highlight that poverty is not mere exclusion from   
   economic development; it is as multifaceted and multidimensional as the human   
   person. ... Other than its more obvious economic expression, poverty also   
   manifests itself in the educational, social, political, cultural and spiritual   
   dimensions of life. ... Development is more than the sum total of resources   
   invested into development projects and their measurable material results. ...   
   In our efforts to eradicate poverty, we must always return to the foundational   
   principle of our efforts, namely to promote the authentic development of the   
   whole person and of all peoples. Each of us needs to contribute. Each of us   
   can benefit. This is solidarity".   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 4 November 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:   
    - Bishop Peter F. Christensen of Superior, U.S.A., as bishop of Boise City   
   (area 218,272, population 1,584,985, Catholics 174,348, priests 91, permanent   
   deacons 75, religious 91), U.S.A. He succeeds Bishop Michael P. Driscoll,   
   whose resignation from the same diocese upon having reached the age limit was   
   accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - Bishop Christopher Kakooza, auxiliary of Kampala, Uganda, as bishop of   
   Lugazi (area 4,595, population 1,549,134, Catholics 667,362, priests 80,   
   religious 209), Uganda. He succeeds Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya, whose   
   resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon having reached the   
   age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - Bishop Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P., of Anatuya, Argentina as bishop of   
   Villa de la Concepcion del Rio Cuarto (area 58,519, population 466,000,   
   Catholics 443,000, priests 93, permanent deacons 10, religious 82), Argentina.   
    - Rev. Fr. Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gomez as bishop of San Marcos (area 3,791,   
   population 982,000, Catholics 637,000, priests 45, religious 103), Guatemala.   
   The bishop-elect was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1955 and was   
   ordained a priest in 1984. He holds a licentiate in theology and liturgy from   
   the Higher Institute of Liturgy in Barcelona, Spain, and has served in a   
   number of pastoral and academic roles, as parish priest and episcopal vicar in   
   the diocese of Santiago de Guatemala and as lecturer, bursar and rector of the   
   interdiocesan major seminary.   
      
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