[Peace] [csawn] URGENT! Send an Appeal to the Pope ! (fwd)

[Matt R]

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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 10:01:57 -0600
From: Robert P. Kolb <admin at 73.org>
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Subject: [csawn] URGENT!  Send an Appeal to the Pope !


An Appeal from Dr. Helen Caldicott
To The Pope
>From Helen Caldicott
3-2-3

Dear Friends
I write this=A0appeal for your help=A0as a pediatrician, a mother, and a
grandmother -- and I am writing about the lives of tens of thousands of
children.

Although the current administration has demonstrated it has no
reservations
about slaughtering up to 500,000 innocents in Iraq, there is one person
whose life they absolutely will not risk. That person is Pope John Paul
II.

While the Pope has already formally denounced the proposed war, calling
it a
defeat for humanity, as well as sent his top spokesperson to meet with
Saddam Hussein, he now must take a historically unprecedented action of
his
own and travel to Baghdad. The Pope's physical presence in Iraq will act
as
the ultimate human shield, during which time leaders of the word nation
can
commit themselves to identifying and implementing a peaceful solution to
this war that the world's majority clearly does not support.
=A0
To persuade the Holy Father=A0to take this unusual but potent action, he
must
hear from you and millions of others around the world who have already
been
inspired to stand up and speak out for peace. A mountain of surfacemail,
email, faxes, and phone calls are our devices to inspire him.

Please=A0understand=A0that your taking just a few minutes right now to
communicate=A0with=A0him=A0=A0may ultimately spare the lives of thousands o=
f
innocent people who at this moment live in complete terror from the
threat
of an imminent U.S.-lead military strike on their homeland.

So here is what you can do to be a part of this powerful final action to
stop the march to war in Iraq.
=A0
1. Do not forward the letter below. Its power depends upon your sending
it
directly, as a personal communication to the Pope.
=A0
2. Simply cut and paste the letter below into a new email. Also cut and
paste the Vatican email address we have provided.
=A0
3. At the close of the letter, type in your name, city and state--no
need to
include your address.
=A0
4. Either email, (accreditamenti at pressva.va), FAX ([from USA]
011-39-06698-85378--from other countries drop the 011 prefix -- =A0or send
a
hardcopy of this letter to the addresses in the letter below. DO NOT put
"Italy" anywhere on the envelope, as this will send your mail into the
Italian mail system which is independent of the Vatican system. Should
you
wish to=A0phone the Vatican directly, (from USA) dial 011-39-06-69-82--all
other countries must use their appropriate international prefix.
=A0
5. Pass this original email on to as many people you can so as to assure
a
critical mass is reached in this action.
=A0
6. Note that as you and others begin sending your letters, faxes and
emails,
there will be a simultaneous effort to alert the media of this action,
so as
to be sure it is publicly known throughout the world.
=A0
Thank you for participating in this formal request of the Pope. We just
may
stop this war in Iraq -- and save these childrens' lives.
Dr. Helen Caldicott
-----------------------------------
=A0
His Holiness John Paul II
=A0
Apostolic Palace
=A0
00120 Vatican City State
=A0
Europe
=A0
"Father, why has thou forsaken me?"
=A0
Your Holiness:
=A0
I write to you today out of a sense of =A0great urgency. As you know the
United States of America is on the verge of launching what may be one of
the
most cataclysmic wars in history using weapons of mass destruction upon
the
Iraqi people, fifty percent of whom are less than 15 years of age.
=A0
Conservative estimates are that such a war will result in the death of
500,000 Iraqis. It seems clear that, at this time, you are the only
person
on Earth who can stop this war. Indeed, your physical presence in
Baghdad,
will prevent the impending slaughter of hundreds of thousands of human
beings, and force the international community of nations to identify and
implement a truly peaceful resolution to this unprecedented, preemptive
aggression.
=A0
I implore you to travel to Baghdad and to remain there until a peaceful
solution to this crisis has been implemented. The lives of the people of
the
people of Iraq rest in your hands - as does the fate of the world.
=A0
With hope,
=A0
(your name)



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