Vatican paper raps Sri Lanka on Israeli aid (correction)
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Vatican, Dec. 30 (CWNews.com) - The following is a corrected version of a
story that appeared on CWNews.com earlier this week, in which a crucial
error in translation caused a serious misinterpretation of the news. CWNews
apologizes for the error.
[IMRA: Israel did end up supplying a shipment.]

Vatican, Dec. 28 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican newspaper has denounced a
decision by Sri Lanka to reject emergency aid offered by the Israeli
government. Sri Lanka declined the Israeli aid because it would have been
furnished by a military team.

Calling for "a radical and dramatic change of perspective" among people "too
often preoccupied with making war," L'Osservatore Romano chastised the
government of the stricken Asian nation for putting unnecessary restrictions
on an Israeli offer to furnish medical help.

The Vatican paper observed that in what "should be a time for unconditional
solidarity," some world leaders seem incapable of escaping a "small-minded
approach that restricts their horizons." The suffering caused by the tsunami
has created "a mass of deaths, across borders," L'Osservatore observed. The
fact that the devastation swept across different societies, cultures, and
nations should help to reinforce the universal perspective, the paper
suggested.