Today is the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children and this is
the website for the event. Pope Benedict has also called for prayers
and greater efforts on the part of the international
community to help the children around the world.
"My thoughts go to all the children in the world, especially to those who live in difficult conditions and who suffer from violence, abuse, sickness, war or hunger," the pope said in his message, CNS reports.
The World Day of Prayer and Action for Children will be observed Nov. 20 and this year will mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
"I invite you to join in my prayer, and at the same time, I appeal to the international community to multiply efforts to offer an adequate response to the dramatic problems of children," he said.
"All generous efforts must continue until the rights of children are recognized and their dignity respected."
The UN sponsors the Universal Children's Day every year on the anniversary of the adoption of the convention.
http://www.dayofprayerandaction.org/en/
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