Vienna, Austria, Jul 23, 2010 / 00:59 am
Giving a talk before the kick-off of an international conference in Austria on the AIDS crisis, Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight stressed that Catholics need to underpin their efforts in the global fight against AIDS by reaching out with “compassion, communion and conscience.”
Dr. Knight spoke to participants in a meeting on July 16 regarding HIV in the run-up to the 17th annual International AIDS Conference, which began on July 18 in Vienna.
Speaking to 100 individuals from Catholic organizations from 23 countries, Knight said that the conference would offer opportunities for increasing development and collaboration in the worldwide effort to fight AIDS.
“We need to develop a much better understanding and appreciation of how the circumstances in which people live make them vulnerable to HIV infection, and powerless to prevent it,” she noted.