VATICAN CITY, OCT 15, 1999 (VIS) - Made public this afternoon was the Holy Father's annual message for World Food Day. Dated October 11 and written in French, it was sent on the Pope's behalf by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano to Jacques Diouf, director general of the United Nation's Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
The message states that the 1999 theme of this world day, "'Young People Against Hunger', shows (FAO's) intention to call young people to commit themselves ever more resolutely in the fight against hunger, as well as for a greater justice in sharing the benefits of development and for a greater solidarity among nations, a perspective which constitutes one of FAO's primary objectives."
Saying that the Church has confidence in young people, it adds: "His Holiness thus invites youth who aspire to live in a world of fraternity and peace to act in all circumstances by love for one's neighbor, so as to create conditions of peace, a peace which young people must make their best friend, living with it in an invisible friendship."
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