Caritas Internationalis-- the consortium of international Catholic charitable agencies discussed by Pope Benedict in his first encyclical-- and the Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy See are jointly sponsoring a major conference in Rome on early treatment for children with HIV, particularly those who suffer from AIDS-related tuberculosis.Dr. Miguel Díaz, the new US ambassador, is playing a major role as the moderator of a session whose speakers include the executive director of UNAIDS, the director of the Global AIDS Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See’s represenative to UN agencies in Geneva. The three-day conference concludes on October 16.
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Caritas Intl is run by Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez from Honduras, who won a couple of votes at the conclave in '05, he is my niece's great uncle.
He is a staunch anti communist, as well and has been treatened by the forces of Zelaya and Chavez/Castro in Honduras.
As for Diaz, are you cognizant of his pro liberation theological leanings???
Oh yeah. I posted about him when he was first nominated, and a couple of times since.
http://acatholicview.blogspot.com/2009/05/obama-nominates-vatican-ambassador.html
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