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Article: The world debates while children die.(COLUMN)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 4, 2005
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I recently spoke at the funeral service of a child. There are no words or ideas to make sense of such an occasion. There are no explanations, no justifications, not even any prayers that quiet the mind.
I have lately been haunted by the realization that every day 31,000 families gather for the burial of their young children.
Despite some recent improvement, UNICEF statistics continue to say that many children die needlessly every day from preventable causes.
The past 50 years have witnessed the most productive period in global agricultural history. The green revolution has seen the greatest reduction in hunger that the world has ever ...