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PERTH. WA: February 4. 1988
Number 2569
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VATICA CITY (NC) - Declaring a equate shelter a "universal right", a new Vatican § document called for" old social policy" to help the = world's homeless.
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Titled "W at Have You Done o Your Homeless Brother? The C urch and the ousing Problem", � the document examined homelessness and inadequate housing around t e word in the light of Chris ian ethical principles. It ca led for commitment from "all active forces of socie v" to § fight he prob em. =
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"Any person or family that, without any direc fault o his or her part, does not have suitable housing is the victim of an injustice", it concluded.
The ocument blamed the lac of decent a housing on a "structural crisis" related to the
most pressing social pro lems facing society, including "unemployment, low salaries, the rural exodus" and overly rapid industrialisation.
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Produced by the Pontifical Justice and P ace Commission, the 5,000-word document was released February 2. T e document i dated or 1987 to coincid with the U d laration of 1987 as the International Year of She ter for the Homeless.
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