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<P><B><A rel=nofollow name=09020305></A>Nuns Invited to Help Poor by Drinking Tea</B></P>ROME, FEB. 3, 2009 (<A href="http://www.zenit.org/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#0000ff>Zenit.org</FONT></A>).- For nuns in Rome, doing a good deed this Lent might be as easy as having a cup of tea.<BR><BR>That's because religious of the Eternal City, and particularly communities who form the orders' general-direction sees, are being invited to purchase food products from Fairtrade, an organization that represents 4,000 production groups made up of thousands of poor workers worldwide.<BR><BR>The invitation is as concrete as urging the religious to buy tea and coffee sold by Fairtrade workers.<BR><BR>With a list of addresses where Fairtrade products can be acquired, the nuns are being encouraged to use their power as consumers to help the poor.<BR><BR>The campaign is being promoted by a commission of Franciscans and a group made up of representatives from
various religious congregations.<BR><BR>"Springing from a financial vision and a commitment based on the values of the Gospel," the organizers explained, "new economic relations can arise, challenging men and women religious to make their choices as consumers, beginning with a critical conscience, with bases in the political, economic and social reality."<BR><BR>--- --- ---<BR><BR>On the Net:<BR><BR>Fairtrade UK: <A href="http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#0000ff>www.fairtrade.org.uk</FONT></A> <BR> </DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000bf>Like a deer that longs for running waters so my soul longs for you, O God.</FONT></EM></DIV></FONT></EM></FONT></DIV>
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