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April 25 - World Health Organization Chief: Swine Flu Outbreak Could Become 'Pandemic'
Article: Signs Of The Last Times
MEXICO
CITY -
A new
swine flu strain that has killed as many as
68 people and sickened more
than 1,000 across Mexico has
"pandemic
potential,"
the World Health Organization chief said
Saturday, and it may be too
late to contain the sudden outbreak. The
U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention confirmed that the virus
has
spread widely and cannot be contained,
Reuters reported.
"It is clear that
this is
widespread. And that is why we have let
you know that we cannot
contain the spread of this virus,"
Reuters quoted the CDC's Dr.
Anne Schuchat.
The World Health
Organization's director-
general, Margaret Chan, said the
outbreak
of the never-before-seen virus is a very
serious situation and has
"pandemic potential." But she said it is still
too early to tell if it would
become a pandemic.
"The situation is
evolving quickly," Chan
said in a telephone news conference in Geneva.
"A
new disease is by definition poorly
understood."
Scientists
have warned for years about
the potential for a pandemic from viruses
that mix genetic material from
humans and animals. Another reason to
worry is that authorities said
the dead so far don't include vulnerable
infants and elderly. The
Spanish flu pandemic, which killed at
least 40 million people
worldwide in 1918-19, also first struck
otherwise healthy young
adults.
This swine flu
and regular flu can have
similar symptoms - mostly fever, cough and sore
throat, though some of the
U.S. victims who recovered also experienced
vomiting and diarrhea. But
unlike with regular
flu, humans don't have natural
immunity to a virus that includes animal
genes - and new vaccines
can take months to bring into
use.
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April 26 - The Eucharist as the response to the crisis and loss of meaning of our time, says Pope
Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
Vatican City (AsiaNews)
- Since the time Jesus was physically
present among the
Apostles until today, marked by a major
economic crisis and
a loss of meaning especially among the
young,
the faithful have
found inspiration
and support in the Eucharist. In
"a conversion that
changes the heart at the root and is
translated in coherent
actions through the Gospel," it is
possible "to set the
bases to build a society open to justice
and solidarity and
overcome the economic and cultural
unbalance that continues
to exist in much of our planet."
"The different
human and spiritual moments in the lives
of these new
saints," said the Pope, "show
us the profound renewal in
man's heart that results form the mystery
of Christ's
resurrection, a fundamental mystery that
leads and guides
the whole history of Salvation. Hence,
the Church rightly and always urges us to
look upon the
Risen Christ, at Eastertide
especially,
who is truly present
in the Sacrament
of the Eucharist."
"Saint Arcangelo
Tadini spent long
hours praying before
the Eucharist. He reminds us that
only by nurturing a
constant and deep
relationship with the Lord, especially in the
Sacrament of
the Eucharist, can we bring the ferment of
the Gospel to
various workplace activities and areas of
our society.
"From childhood
Saint Geltrude Comensoli had a
particular attraction for Jesus present in
the Eucharist. [.
. .] In fact in front of the Eucharist Saint
Geltrude found
fulfillment for her vocation and mission in
the Church:
that of dedicating herself unreservedly to
apostolic and
missionary action, especially on behalf of
young people. In
obedience to pope Leo XIII, her institute
was born
to turn
the 'contemplative charity' in
the Eucharistic Christ into the
'experienced charity' for
one's fellow man in need. In a
society like ours that
is at a loss, often hurt, whose young
people seek values and
meaning for their life, Saint Geltrude
shows God as a strong
point of reference, a
fellow traveller
through the Eucharist. She reminds us
that 'adoration must
prevail over all charity works"
because it is from the love
of the Dead and Risen Christ, who is truly
present in the
Eucharistic Sacrament, that comes the
evangelical charity
that leads us to consider all men as our
brothers."
"Saint Caterina
Volpicelli was also a witness of divine love
who tried hard
to 'be of Christ so as to bring to Christ'
those she met in
late 19th century Naples at a time of
spiritual and social
crisis. For her too,
the Eucharist was
the secret key. She told her first
aides to nurture
an intense spiritual life through prayer,
especially through the
vital contact with the Eucharistic
Jesus.
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Sincerely,
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